This native hit offers a fictionalised account of how 1970s smalltime crook ‘El Rey’ joined with a communist chemist and an American Peace Corps worker to start the country’s infamous narco-traffic trade. Official Colombian submission to the Oscars. For full programme details see www.vivafilmfestival.com

Duration:
93 minutes

Languages:
Spanish

Country of origin:
Colombia and France

Year of production:
2004