2005 · thriller · drama
El Metodo
Directed by Marcelo Piñeyro1h 57m2005
Seven candidates to a high executive position on a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…
Our read: El Metodo (2005) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded thriller · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured thriller / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- twisty
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