: It covers Escobar’s political ambitions, his founding of the Medellín Cartel , his stay in the palatial prison "La Catedral," and his eventual downfall. Cast and Key Roles
is a 2017 biographical crime drama that chronicles the volatile five-year love affair between notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (played by Javier Bardem ) and glamorous television journalist Virginia Vallejo (played by Penélope Cruz). Plot and Perspective
: The story begins with Vallejo being wooed by Escobar's plans to build homes for the homeless, but it quickly shifts to a darker "matter of life and death" as she becomes witness to his brutal reign of terror.
The film is based on Vallejo’s own best-selling memoir, , which provides an intimate look at Escobar’s private life and the corrupt world they inhabited from 1982 to 1987.