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The Dragon Defense (2017)
Directed by Natalia Santa
“Being Afraid To Lose Is Like Being Afraid To Live”
Drama · 1h 20m
Samuel, Joaquín and Marcos, are three old friends living their lives in downtown Bogotá. They spend their days between Lasker – the legendary chess club, The Caribbean Casino, and La Normanda – a traditional coffee shop. Samuel, 53, is a professional chess player that lives of betting on small matches he knows he will win. His best friend is Joaquín, 65, an accomplished watch-maker who’s about to loose the workshop he inherited from his father. And then there’s Marcos, 72, a Spanish homeopath devoted to finding a formula to win poker matches. These three men have found shelter in the safety of their routines, avoiding to facing up to their failures. But a time comes when they are confronted by reality and causes them to stagger.
Cast
Hernán Méndez
Manuel Navarro
Crew
- Director
- Natalia Santa
Details
- Original title
- La defensa del dragón
- Release date
- 2017-05-24
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Colombia