
Loving Pablo(2017)
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.


“Generations of tradition. Consumed by greed.”
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.

José Acosta
Rapayet
Carmiña Martínez
Úrsula

Natalia Reyes
Zaida
Greider Meza
Leonídas
José Vicente
Peregrino
Juan Bautista Martínez
Aníbal

Jhon Narváez
Moisés
Miguel Viera
The Pupil
Sergio Coen
Singing Shepherd
Aslenis Márquez
Indira
Birds of Passage is a drama, crime film released in 2018 exploring themes of superstition, indigenous, 1970s, revenge, murder, marijuana. Directed by Ciro Guerra, it stars José Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, Natalia Reyes. During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
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