Loving Pablo (2017)

December 14, 2017 (BG) • Crime, Drama • 123m

Overview

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.

Director

Fernando León de Aranoa

Writers

Fernando León de Aranoa, Jeff Zimbalist, Michael Zimbalist

Top Billed

Javier Bardem

Keywords

journalist based on novel or book cocaine biography based on true story medellín, colombia drug cartel drug lord 1980s

Where to watch

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Top Billed Cast

Javier Bardem

Pablo Escobar

Penélope Cruz

Virginia Vallejo

Peter Sarsgaard

Shepard

Julieth Restrepo

Maria Victoria Henao

Óscar Jaenada

Santoro

David Valencia

Santos

Mark Basnight

Family Man

Joavany Alvarez

Ignacio Velarde

Matthew Moreno

Pablito

David Ojalvo

FBI Agent

Fredy Yate

Pelado

Ricardo Niño

Careta

Pedro Calvo

Gatillero

Santiago Londoño

Hermosilla

Juan Sebastián Calero

Carlos Corral

Quique Mendoza

Abel Monje

Ariel Sierra

Salvador Martín

Julio Nava

Garza

Miguel Such

Victor

Atanas Srebrev

Agent Holland

Carlos Ramírez

Juan Pablo (8 years)

Tania Valencia

Chantal

Erik Rodriguez

Boy from the Slums

Sara Deray

Paula

Patrick Forster-Delmas

Producer

Lillian Blankenship

Family Man's Daughter

Georgi Nikolov

Hitman #1

Mihail Stoyanov

Hitman #2

Nathan Cooper

Cop #1

Andrew De La Rocha

Cop #2

Colin Salmon

High State US Official

Santiago Soto

Ignacio Castro

Bernardo García

Cali Delegate

Oscar Rodriguez

Campaign Manager

Simón Rivera

Rodrigo Lara Bonilla

Carlos-Manuel Vesga

La Plaga

Álvaro García

Alfonso López Michelsen

Catalina Londoño

Nurse

Pedro Ochoa

Doctor Panama Clinic

Douglas Ceballos

Judge Alarcón

Francisco Bolívar

Gunman

Luis Fernando Hoyos

Colonel Méndez

Juan Pablo Gamboa

Director TV

Karine Amaya

Attractive Blonde Presenter

Andrea Vidal

Teenager

Heisel Mora

Airline Employee

Emilia Klayn

Secretary

Alejandro Ruiz

Soccer Announcer

Herbert King

Pawn Shop Attendant

Ricardo Vélez

Surgeon

Nicolas Gonzales

Juan Pablo (Teenager)

Hannah L'Hoeste

Manuela (4 Years)

Manuel José Chaves

Samuel Elizondo

Giselle Da Silva

Olguita Arranz

Juan David Agudelo

Puppy Dog

Nina Caicedo

Woman

Jorge Monterrosa

Young Man

Juan Carlos Ortega

Locutor

Santiago Lozano

Hitman

Alberto Pablo Rivera

Family Man

Juan Castillo

Employee

Cristian Rojas

Judge Alarcón's Son (8 Years)

Juan Sábato

Operator 1

Andrés Felipe Calero

News Anchor

Norma Nivia

Reporter

Diego Landaeta

Phone Technician

David Trejos

Passenger

Jorge Alberto Reyes

Janitor

Juan Angulo

Subordinate

Alexander Acosta-Osorio

Workers' Leader

Juan Vela

Worker

Mihail Rangelov

Monje Double

Plamen-Kaloyan Todorv

Hitman #3

Philip Lind-Bendixen

US Marine Soldier

Juan Camilo Castillo

Funeral Employee

Diana Wiswell

Nurse

Quique Mendosa

Abel Monje

Julio Navas

Garza

James Lawrence

Embajador William

Juan Carlos Ortega

locutor

Carlos Carvajal

Stage Manager

Crew

Fernando León de Aranoa

Director

Fernando León de Aranoa

Writer

Ed Cathell III

Producer

Alain Baineé

Production Design

Miguel Menéndez de Zubillaga

Producer

Ramiro Sabell hijo

First Assistant Camera

Javier Bardem

Producer

Todor Lazarov

Stunt Coordinator

Guillermo Navajo

Assistant Director

Álex Catalán

Director of Photography

Jere Hausfater

Producer

Dean Nichols

Producer

Antonio Ordóñez

Assistant Director

Kalina Kottas

Producer

Loles García Galeán

Costume Design

Ana Lozano

Makeup Designer

Selena Arizanovic

Music Supervisor

Virginia Vallejo

Book

Iñigo Navarro

Art Direction

Peter Krumov

Carpenter

Laura Lopera

Art Department Coordinator

Oscar Felipe Rineda Carvaial

First Assistant Camera

Nicolás Vélez Noguera

Extras Casting Coordinator

Melissa Villegas Solórzano

Set Decoration

Lili Bonil

Key Makeup Artist

Massimo Gattabrusi

Hair Designer

María Clara López

Key Makeup Artist

Diego Garcia

Leadman

Valentina Arjona

Assistant Makeup Artist

Lulú Salgado

Assistant Set Decoration

Andrés Gurisatti

Property Master

Simona Ilieva

Art Department Assistant

Javier Muñoz

Digital Imaging Technician

Tatiana Dulcey

Assistant Property Master

Garret Lord

First Assistant Accountant

Maria Andrea Rangel

Set Decoration

Samuel Cig

Second Assistant Camera

Ana Bernal

Assistant Costume Designer

Dimitar Krustev

Drone Pilot

Jenny Arango

Costume Assistant

Belinda Uriegas

Production Coordinator

Juan Pablo Rincón

Casting

Wanda Morales

Costume Design

Sandra Migueli

Key Makeup Artist

Vasil Paunov

Second Assistant Camera

Mihail Yanakiev

Camera Operator

Mauricio Martinez

Casting Assistant

Carolina Soto

Wardrobe Assistant

Ivailo Tzvetkov

First Assistant Camera

Andrés Gutiérrez

Steadicam Operator

Ainhoa Eskisabel

Assistant Makeup Artist

Juanjo Sánchez

Steadicam Operator

Susana Jaramillo

Costume Assistant

Adrián Foulkes

Music Producer

Juan Cortés

Music Programmer

Ivo Velkov

Digital Imaging Technician

Ana Obradors

Production Coordinator

Catherine Rodríguez

Assistant Costume Designer

Catalina Giangrandi

Wardrobe Supervisor

Milena Mihaylova

Script Supervisor

David Parra

Video Assist Operator

Gustavo Moyano

Casting Coordinator

Natalia Sabogal

Production Coordinator

Ivelin Metodiev

Second Assistant Camera

Kiril Valchanov

Steadicam Operator

Mark Sussman

ADR Voice Casting

Jhon Moyano

Casting Assistant

Chiky Serrano

Assistant Costume Designer

Jugatx Urabayen

Costume Assistant

Saioa Lara

Costume Supervisor

Beba Yordanova

Production Assistant

Biviana Márquez

Script Supervisor

Gustavo Gini

Orchestrator

Lourdes Hernández

Music Consultant

Sandra Serna

Script Supervisor

Elynarco Garay

Key Grip

Rafa Lluch

Second Unit Director of Photography

Omaira Olarte

Health and Safety

Milena Georgieva

Production Accountant

Shiri Lerner

Production Coordinator

Violeta Piperevska

Production Coordinator

Paola A. Holguin

Production Assistant

Cristian Espinosa Toro

Transportation Coordinator

Fernando Furones

Orchestrator

Daniel Peña

Sound Editor

Juanma López

Sound Mixer

Nikolay Pachov

Visual Effects Editor

Adrian Gougov

Dialogue Editor

Gord Hillier

Dialogue Editor

Alba Rodriguez del Rio

Animation

Ryan Nowak

Sound Designer

Avi Salem

Compositor

Tapio Liukkonen

Foley Artist

Kaiser Thomas

Matte Painter

Brian Hayashi

Post Production Supervisor

Vanya Benelinova

Visual Effects Coordinator

Mariana Zubillaga

Location Coordinator

Andy Robinson

Compositor

Isaac Heron

Visual Effects Editor

María José Almela

First Assistant Editor

Kiril Kaloyanov

Boom Operator

Vladimir Kaloyanov

Sound Mixer

Gord Hillier

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Iveta Tsvetkova

Visual Effects Coordinator

Tovonaina Andriamampionona

Compositor

Yuliya Manolova

Visual Effects Coordinator

Oleksii Moskalenko

Visual Effects Supervisor

Kristian Talajic

Visual Effects Supervisor

Andrey Hristozov

Visual Effects Editor

Alejandro Uribe Holguín

ADR Recordist

Nikolay Bakalov

Foley Editor

Trevor Graciano

Compositing Supervisor

Ferrán Piquer

Visual Effects Coordinator

Nevena Dragoshinova

Visual Effects Editor

Richard Baker

Visual Effects Supervisor

Sean Wheelan

Visual Effects Producer

Jivko Chakarov

Post Production Supervisor

César Abades

Special Effects Supervisor

Toño Cubillo

ADR Recordist

Bright Jani

Compositor

Ivailo Bonev

Concept Artist

Mike Duffy

Visual Effects Producer

Christine Pyle

Visual Effects Coordinator

Jessie Rosbäck

Visual Effects Coordinator

Iva Petkova

Location Manager

Zahary Borisov

Assistant Sound Editor

Kris Casavant

Supervising Sound Editor

Felipe Siem

Lighting Artist

Michelle Ryan

Matte Painter

Agustín Serna G. Lavín

Assistant Editor

Federico Jusid

Original Music Composer

Jeff Zimbalist

Writer

Jeff Zimbalist

Associate Producer

Michael Zimbalist

Writer

Michael Zimbalist

Associate Producer

Avi Lerner

Producer

Reviews

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⭐ 1/10

August 29, 2022

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 at… read the rest.