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The Deal (2005)

The Deal (2005)

Drama
Release Date: 2005, November 1
Directors: Francisco Norden
Countries: Colombia
Cast: Luis Fernández, Ramiro Meneses, Joavany Alvarez, Andrés Parra, Luis Fernando Múnera, Isabella Santodomingo

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.