"A gangster. A princess. The true story of a most unlikely love affair."

2017

2h 3m

6.3(1008 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world's most feared drug lord Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia's most famous journalist Virginia Vallejo throughout a reign of terror that tore a country apart.

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Cast & Crew

81 members

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Javier Bardem

Pablo Escobar

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Penélope Cruz

Virginia Vallejo

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Peter Sarsgaard

Shepard

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Julieth Restrepo

Maria Victoria Henao

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Óscar Jaenada

Santoro

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David Valencia

Santos

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Mark Basnight

Family Man

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Joavany Álvarez

Ignacio Velarde

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Matthew Moreno

Pablito

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David Ojalvo

FBI Agent

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Fredy Yate

Pelado

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Ricardo Niño

Careta

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Pedro Calvo

Gatillero

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Santiago Londoño

Hermosilla

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Juan Sebastián Calero

Carlos Corral

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Quique Mendoza

Abel Monje

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Ariel Sierra

Salvador Martín

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Julio Nava

Garza

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Miguel Such

Victor

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Atanas Srebrev

Agent Holland

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Carlos Ramírez

Juan Pablo (8 years)

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Tania Valencia

Chantal

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Erik Rodriguez

Boy from the Slums

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Sara Deray

Paula

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Patrick Forster-Delmas

Producer

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Lillian Blankenship

Family Man's Daughter

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Georgi Nikolov

Hitman #1

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Mihail Stoyanov

Hitman #2

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Nathan Cooper

Cop #1

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Andrew De La Rocha

Cop #2

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Colin Salmon

High State US Official

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Santiago Soto

Ignacio Castro

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Bernardo García

Cali Delegate

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Oscar Rodriguez

Campaign Manager

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Simón Rivera

Rodrigo Lara Bonilla

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Carlos Manuel Vesga

La Plaga

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Álvaro García

Alfonso López Michelsen

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Catalina Londoño

Nurse

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Pedro Ochoa

Doctor Panama Clinic

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Douglas Ceballos

Judge Alarcón

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Francisco Bolívar

Gunman

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Luis Fernando Hoyos

Colonel Méndez

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Juan Pablo Gamboa

Director TV

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Karine Amaya

Attractive Blonde Presenter

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Andrea Vidal

Teenager

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Heisel Mora

Airline Employee

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Emilia Klayn

Secretary

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Alejandro Ruiz

Soccer Announcer

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Herbert King

Pawn Shop Attendant

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Ricardo Vélez

Surgeon

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Nicolas Gonzales

Juan Pablo (Teenager)

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Hannah L'Hoeste

Manuela (4 Years)

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Manuel José Chaves

Samuel Elizondo

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Giselle Da Silva

Olguita Arranz

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Juan David Agudelo

Puppy Dog

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Nina Caicedo

Woman

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Jorge Monterrosa

Young Man

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Sound

Juan Carlos Ortega

Locutor

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Santiago Lozano

Hitman

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Alberto Pablo Rivera

Family Man

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Juan Castillo

Employee

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Cristian Rojas

Judge Alarcón's Son (8 Years)

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Juan Sábato

Operator 1

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Andrés Felipe Calero

News Anchor

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Norma Nivia

Reporter

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Diego Landaeta

Phone Technician

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David Trejos

Passenger

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Jorge Alberto Reyes

Janitor

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Juan Angulo

Subordinate

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Alexander Acosta-Osorio

Workers' Leader

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Juan Vela

Worker

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Mihail Rangelov

Monje Double

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Plamen-Kaloyan Todorv

Hitman #3

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Philip Lind-Bendixen

US Marine Soldier

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Juan Camilo Castillo

Funeral Employee

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Diana Wiswell

Nurse

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Quique Mendosa

Abel Monje

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Julio Navas

Garza

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James Lawrence

Embajador William

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Juan Carlos Ortega

locutor

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Carlos Carvajal

Stage Manager

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