Álvaro Rodríguez César Mora Julián Román Juana Acosta Nicolás Montero
Cinematography
Bruno Di Virgilio
Edited by
Fernando Pardo Nicholas Wentworth
Music by
Germán Arrieta Gonzalo Sagarminaga
Release date
25 December 1998 (1998-12-25)
Running time
105 minutes
Country
Colombia
Language
Spanish
Time Out (Spanish: Golpe de estadio, literally "Stadium Coup") is a 1998 Colombian film directed and co-written by Sergio Cabrera. It is a political satire, that as of 2016 was the highest-grossing Colombian films of all time.
Plot
The film is a political satire. An oil company locates a camp in a small village in Colombia, named New Texas, in order to do geological research. The village then attracts attacks by guerrillas, who are in constant battle with the local police. However, a kind of truce is called between the two sides while the World Cup qualifying rounds are shown on television, and the match between Colombia and Argentina can only be seen on a single working TV in town. Colombia wins 5–0, and the two opposing sides find that they are cheering for the same team.[1]
The title is a play on words: literally translated into English, Golpe de estadio means "stadium coup",[4] while golpe de estado means "coup d’état".[1]