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Loving Pablo

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

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.

Release Date : 2017-10-12

Language :SpanishEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : B2Y EOODEscobar FilmsMillennium MediaAll Rise Films

Production Country : BulgariaSpain

Alternative Titles : Loving Pablo Escobar

Cast

Character Name : Pablo Escobar

Original Name : Javier Bardem

Gender : Male

Character Name : Virginia Vallejo

Original Name : Penélope Cruz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Shepard

Original Name : Peter Sarsgaard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maria Victoria Henao

Original Name : Julieth Restrepo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Santoro

Original Name : Óscar Jaenada

Gender : Male

Character Name : Santos

Original Name : David Valencia

Gender : Male

Character Name : Family Man

Original Name : Mark Basnight

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ignacio Velarde

Original Name : Joavany Alvarez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pablito

Original Name : Matthew Moreno

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Agent

Original Name : David Ojalvo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pelado

Original Name : Fredy Yate

Gender : Male

Character Name : Careta

Original Name : Ricardo Niño

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gatillero

Original Name : Pedro Calvo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hermosilla

Original Name : Santiago Londoño

Gender : Male

Character Name : Carlos Corral

Original Name : Juan Sebastián Calero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Abel Monje

Original Name : Quique Mendoza

Gender : Male

Character Name : Salvador Martín

Original Name : Ariel Sierra

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garza

Original Name : Julio Nava

Gender : Male

Character Name : Victor

Original Name : Miguel Such

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Holland

Original Name : Atanas Srebrev

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juan Pablo (8 years)

Original Name : Carlos Ramírez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chantal

Original Name : Tania Valencia

Gender : Female

Character Name : Boy from the Slums

Original Name : Erik Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paula

Original Name : Sara Deray

Gender : Female

Character Name : Producer

Original Name : Patrick Forster-Delmas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Family Man's Daughter

Original Name : Lillian Blankenship

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hitman #1

Original Name : Georgi Nikolov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hitman #2

Original Name : Mihail Stoyanov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop #1

Original Name : Nathan Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cop #2

Original Name : Andrew De La Rocha

Gender : Male

Character Name : High State US Official

Original Name : Colin Salmon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ignacio Castro

Original Name : Santiago Soto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cali Delegate

Original Name : Bernardo García

Gender : Male

Character Name : Campaign Manager

Original Name : Oscar Rodriguez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rodrigo Lara Bonilla

Original Name : Simón Rivera

Gender : Male

Character Name : La Plaga

Original Name : Carlos Manuel Vesga

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alfonso López Michelsen

Original Name : Álvaro García

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Catalina Londoño

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor Panama Clinic

Original Name : Pedro Ochoa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Alarcón

Original Name : Douglas Ceballos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunman

Original Name : Francisco Bolívar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Colonel Méndez

Original Name : Luis Fernando Hoyos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Director TV

Original Name : Juan Pablo Gamboa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Attractive Blonde Presenter

Original Name : Karine Amaya

Gender : Male

Character Name : Teenager

Original Name : Andrea Vidal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Airline Employee

Original Name : Heisel Mora

Gender : Female

Character Name : Secretary

Original Name : Emilia Klayn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Soccer Announcer

Original Name : Alejandro Ruiz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pawn Shop Attendant

Original Name : Herbert King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Surgeon

Original Name : Ricardo Vélez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Juan Pablo (Teenager)

Original Name : Nicolas Gonzales

Gender : Male

Character Name : Manuela (4 Years)

Original Name : Hannah L'Hoeste

Gender : Male

Character Name : Samuel Elizondo

Original Name : Manuel José Chaves

Gender : Male

Character Name : Olguita Arranz

Original Name : Giselle Da Silva

Gender : Female

Character Name : Puppy Dog

Original Name : Juan David Agudelo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman

Original Name : Nina Caicedo

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Man

Original Name : Jorge Monterrosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Locutor

Original Name : Juan Carlos Ortega

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hitman

Original Name : Santiago Lozano

Gender : Male

Character Name : Family Man

Original Name : Alberto Pablo Rivera

Gender : Male

Character Name : Employee

Original Name : Juan Castillo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Alarcón's Son (8 Years)

Original Name : Cristian Rojas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Operator 1

Original Name : Juan Sábato

Gender : Male

Character Name : News Anchor

Original Name : Andrés Felipe Calero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stage Manager

Original Name : Carlos Carvajal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Norma Nivia

Gender : Female

Character Name : Phone Technician

Original Name : Diego Landaeta

Gender : Male

Character Name : Passenger

Original Name : David Trejos

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janitor

Original Name : Jorge Alberto Reyes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Subordinate

Original Name : Juan Angulo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Workers' Leader

Original Name : Alexander Acosta-Osorio

Gender : Male

Character Name : Worker

Original Name : Juan Vela

Gender : Male

Character Name : Monje Double

Original Name : Mihail Rangelov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hitman #3

Original Name : Plamen-Kaloyan Todorv

Gender : Male

Character Name : US Marine Soldier

Original Name : Philip Lind-Bendixen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Funeral Employee

Original Name : Juan Camilo Castillo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Diana Wiswell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Abel Monje

Original Name : Quique Mendosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Garza

Original Name : Julio Navas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Embajador William

Original Name : James Lawrence

Gender : Male

Character Name : locutor

Original Name : Juan Carlos Ortega

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@tmdb28039023

2022-09-03

A caption at the beginning of Loving Pablo informs us that “This film is inspired by real events. Some of the characters, names, and events have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes." What they don't tell us is that even the protagonists’ nationalities and languages have been changed. Colombians Pablo Escobar and Virginia Vallejo are played by Spanish actors speaking English – or, at the very least, trying to; Javier Bardem's English is atrocious and Penelope Cruz's is abominable, and their Colombian accents are just as bad, if not worse. To confuse things further, the characters occasionally say some random words or phrases in Spanish. Now, I don't think it's asking too much of the audience to pretend that the characters are speaking Spanish among themselves even as the actors deliver their lines in English; after all Hemingway did something similar in For Whom the Bell Tolls. But if the characters are supposed to be speaking in their native language, shouldn’t they sound like native speakers? Also, the dialogue should be consistent; i.e., all English all the time – because otherwise, what language are they supposed to be speaking when they say something in Spanish? This is a Spanish film, about Spanish-speaking characters, written, produced and directed by Spaniards; why they felt the need to tell their story in any other language than that of Cervantes, I haven’t the foggiest. Except, of course, for the obvious reason of appealing to the Anglo-Saxon market, but in this case why go to the trouble of getting Spanish – especially big names like Bardem and Cruz – and Colombians actors, only to force them to recite most of their dialogue in English? If nothing else, they could have at least had the decency not to have Cruz narrate the movie.