The History of the Pink Trunk

The History of the Pink Trunk

2005 · 97 min · ★ 6.0 · Crime, Drama, History

In 1945, in the train station of Bogota, Colombia, a dead girl is found in a trunk. The case is assigned to Detective Mariano Corzo, he has to deal with an inquisitive journalist Hipólito Mosquera while trying to solve the mysterious case. Nobody knows who the girl is, or who put her in the trunk. The things turn bad when Mosquera publish the news in the local newspaper. With the help of a bartender Martina Quijano, Corzo will find an answer for the question: Who killed the girl and why?

Directed by Libia Stella Gómez · Written by Libia Stella Gómez

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Edgardo Román Detective Mariano Corzo
Dolores Heredia Martina
Álvaro Rodríguez Rosas
Diego Vélez Hipólito Mosquera
Alfonso Ortiz dueño del periódico
Rolf Abderhalden
Santiago García de Leániz Prefecto
Fabio Rubiano El periodista
Jhon Álex Toro Periodista
Orlando Valenzuela Detective Porras

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