Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo

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

16+ 2017 · 123 min · ★ 6.3 (1K) · Crime, Drama

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.

Directed by Fernando León de Aranoa · Written by Fernando León de Aranoa

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