Método, El (2005)

Director:

Marcelo Piñeyro

Writers:

Jordi Galcerán (play)
Mateo Gil (screenplay)

Release Date:

23 September 2005 (Spain)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Test | Job | Insecurity | Shirt | Male Female Relationship

Awards:

10 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Eduardo Noriega	...	Carlos
Najwa Nimri	...	Nieves
Eduard Fernández	...	Fernando
Pablo Echarri	...	Ricardo
Ernesto Alterio	...	Enrique
Natalia Verbeke	...	Montse
Adriana Ozores	...	Ana
Carmelo Gómez	...	Julio

Also Known As:

Método Grönholm, El (Spain) (working title)
The Method (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Argentina | Spain | Italy

Language:

Spanish | English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

New Zealand:M | UK:15 | Spain:13 | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Brazil:18 | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Madrid, Spain

Company:

Tornasol Films S.A.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Julio ask others if they have the same message in their computer screens, they answer no. In the next take its clearly seen that the message appears in all computer screens.

A Brief View of the Contemporary Wild Capitalism

On a troubled day in Madrid, with strike and protest against the World Bank and the IMF on the streets, seven candidates are put together in a meeting room in front of notebooks by a secretary as part of a selection process for one important position in a Spanish corporation. They fulfill another application form informing that they would be submitted to the Grönholm Test. While speculating about the possible existence of hidden cameras and microphones, the test begins and they read a message on the screen telling that one of them is not a candidate but an employee from the HR analyzing their attitudes. Along the day, the group is submitted to tests that eliminate each candidate until the final dispute between the two last ones.

"El Método" is a very well acted movie shot basically in one set like in "Twelve Angry Men" with a brief view of the contemporary wild capitalism through the dispute of qualified applicants to a direction position in a corporation. My only remark against the screenplay is relative to the unnecessary and quite stupid sex scene in the restroom. The author could have built the tension between the characters without the need of exposing them to a ridiculous situation that gives no credibility to the plot. The open end with an ambiguous conclusion is a plus in the story. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "O Que Você Faria?" ("What Would You Do?")