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Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo

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

20176.32h 3m

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.

Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
Written by Fernando León de Aranoa, Virginia Vallejo, Jeff Zimbalist
Produced by Ed Cathell III, Jere Hausfater, Dean Nichols
Box OfficeBudget: $4.7MRevenue: $17.5M

Top Cast

Javier Bardem

Javier Bardem

Pablo Escobar

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Virginia Vallejo

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Shepard

Julieth Restrepo

Julieth Restrepo

Maria Victoria Henao

Óscar Jaenada

Óscar Jaenada

Santoro

David Valencia

David Valencia

Santos

Mark Basnight

Mark Basnight

Family Man

Joavany Alvarez

Joavany Alvarez

Ignacio Velarde

M

Matthew Moreno

Pablito

David Ojalvo

David Ojalvo

FBI Agent

Themes & Keywords

journalistbased on novel or bookcocainebiographybased on true storymedellín, colombiadrug carteldrug lord1980s

About Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo is a crime, drama film released in 2017 exploring themes of journalist, based on novel or book, cocaine, biography, based on true story, medellín, colombia. Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, it stars Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Peter Sarsgaard. 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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