The Deal

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 1, 2005

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Colombia

Cast

Constanza Duque,Juan Camilo Cordoba,Courtney Webb,Julio Medina,Juan Camilo Ossa,Diego Vélez,Julio Correal,Joavany Alvarez,Carlos Manuel Vesga,Óscar Bordaand 24 more

Director

Francisco Norden

Writer

Francisco Norden

Producer

Consuelo Rojas

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0485830