

The Deal
2005, Spanish. Directed by Francisco Norden.
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.
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- Post-credits
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- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 1 November 2005
- Original title
- El trato
- Country
- Colombia
- Written by
- Francisco Norden
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Who directed The Deal?
The Deal (2005) was directed by Francisco Norden and stars Joavany Alvarez, Rafael Bohórquez, Óscar Borda.