The Deal
2005 · Movie · 72 min. · Colombia
Based on a true story of a British television crew that travelled to Colombia to film a fake documentary about drug trafficking. In one scene, shot in the director’s hotel room, an actor played the part of a character whom the filmmakers passed off as Cali Cartel’s Number Three. They claimed they had risked their lives to get the interview. One sequence also shows a man pretending to swallow capsules of heroine and transporting them to London in his stomach. This phoney TV documentary is an international smash hit. When a London daily discovers that the whole thing is a hoax, a team of British journalists are sent out to Colombia to cover the story. Their report unleashes a scandal that shakes the very foundations of television in the UK.
Direction Francisco Norden
Cast Javier Gnecco · Alfredo L. Fernández · Julián Román · Isabella Santodomingo · Ramiro Meneses · Diego Trujillo · Vicky Hernández · Juan Ángel · Álvaro Rodríguez · Fernando Solórzano · Andrés Parra · Jairo Camargo · Óscar Borda · Dora Cadavid · Rafael Bohórquez · Constanza Duque · Julio Correal · César Mora · Júlio César Herrera · Luis Fernando Múnera · Diego Vélez · Carlos Manuel Vesga
Soundtrack Blas Emilio Atehortúa
Screenplay Francisco Norden
Cinematography Cezary Jaworski
Original title El trato
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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