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| Directed by | Marcelo Piñeyro |
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| Based on | El mètode Grönholm byJordi Galceran |
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| Starring | Eduardo Noriega Najwa Nimri Eduard Fernández Pablo Echarri Ernesto Alterio Natalia Verbeke Adriana Ozores Carmelo Gómez |
| Cinematography | Alfredo Mayo |
| Edited by | Iván Aledo |
| Distributed by | On Pictures (Spain) |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
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The Method (Spanish:El método) is a 2005 thriller film directed byMarcelo Piñeyro and based on the 2003 playEl mètode Grönholm byJordi Galceran.
It starsEduardo Noriega,Najwa Nimri,Eduard Fernández,Pablo Echarri,Ernesto Alterio,Natalia Verbeke,Adriana Ozores andCarmelo Gómez, as the only eight actors in the film.
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After an introduction showing theAZCA area ofMadrid during a meeting of theInternational Monetary Fund and theWorld Bank with accompanyinganti-globalization protests, the entire film happens within a corporate building (outdoor scenes shot byTorre Europa), mostly in a closed conference room.
The story tells of seven people that have been selected among several applicants for one final round to determine who will get an enviable, executive position for a mysterious corporation, Dekia. The seven applicants are submitted to a series of psychological tests - known as the "Grönholm Method" - that start eliminating the applicants one by one. It is warned at the beginning that one of the seven people is an employee of the corporationposing as an applicant to evaluate the others. As the applicants are discarded, the race for the position becomes more tense and sinister.The tests reveal the weakness of each of the characters and their attitudes to company work. In the end the "mole" will be revealed and only one of them will get the desired position.
Distributed byOn Pictures,[1][2] the film was released theatrically in Spain on 23 September 2005.Palm Pictures handled U.S. distribution.[2]
The film was nominated to fiveGoya Awards (Best Lead Actor (Fernández), Best New Actor (Echarri), Best Editing (Aledo), Best Screenplay (Gil and Piñeyro) and Best Supporting Actor (Gómez), winning in the last two categories. It also won in theFlanders International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Film in theMar del Plata Film Festival. It also won the main award (The Audience Award) atVilnius International Film Festival.
Similarities have been noted between this film and the 2009 filmExam.
In 2023, aDominican remake of the same name was released, directed by David Maler, with an ensemble cast is made up ofNashla Bogaert, Héctor Aníbal, Georgina Duluc, Pepe Sierra, Yasser Michelén, Roger Wasserman and Dahiana Castro in her film acting debut.[3][4]