The People at Universal
Genres
Overview
Former Sergeant Diogenes Hernandez owns the Universal, a precarious detective agency private in the Centre of Bogotá, which is based in the same apartment where he and his wife Fabiola inhabit. His nephew, Clemente Fernández, who works at the Agency, maintains a romance with Fabiola, without trying to hurt the feelings of his uncle, but driven by the need to alleviate their empty urban and anonymous man.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
111 min
Release Date
1991-12-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Spanish
Vote Count
18
Vote Average
7.2
Álvaro Rodríguez
Diógenes Hernández
Robinson Díaz
Clemente Hernández
Jennifer Steffens
Fabiola Hernández
Ana María Aristizabal
Margarita (as Ana María Aristizábal)
Ramon Agirre
Gastón, cliente
Aizpea Goenaga
Begoña
Juana Mendiola
Madre
César Badillo
6.6
Broken Kingdom
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2012-10-02 | en
7.0
En tus manos
In the vicious slums of Colombia, where prosperity is dictated by brutality, a conflicted kid seeks membership in a brutal gang, with the hope of one day having the power to determine his own destiny.
2010-01-01 | es
5.4
Cannibal Ferox
Three friends out to disprove cannibalism meet two men on the run who tortured and enslaved a cannibal tribe to find emeralds, and now the tribe is out for revenge.
1981-04-24 | it
6.9
Handle with Care
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0.0
The Deal
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.
2005-11-01 | es
6.6
El Colombian Dream
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2005-10-01 | es
7.2
The Car
When the Velezes agree to buy a used Chevrolet Bel-Air from their neighbors, who've recently won a brand-new car in a school raffle, they're thrilled about the prospect of leaving Bogotá's public transportation system behind. Little do they know that, despite its glossy red exterior, their newfound status symbol is a real lemon. Colombian director Luis Orjuela helms this hilarious look at the pitfalls of automobile ownership.
2003-01-01 | es
3.3
Malamor
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2004-09-03 | es
7.8
Karmma
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2006-10-06 | es
7.2
Maria Full of Grace
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2004-01-18 | es
5.9
Addictions and Subtractions
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2004-09-22 | es
6.9
A Man of Principle
Dramatisation of the massacre which took place in Colombia in 1948, as a result of conflict between conservative and liberal forces, and concentrating on the character of a former cheesemonger-turned professional killer.
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6.6
Love in the Time of Cholera
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2007-10-04 | en
5.6
All About the Money
Two "down on their luck" buddies are convinced by a third to take a vacation. Only after landing in the third world country do they realize that they are there to attempt to capture the United States' most wanted criminal - with no military training.
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7.1
Feo pero Sabroso
When an unattractive man gets engaged to a beautiful woman, their families oppose the union and the priest set to perform the ceremony is kidnapped.
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7.2
Satanás - Profile of a Killer
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4.4
McBain
Santos attempts to lead a people's revolt in Colombia to overthrow the Presidente. When his revolt fails and he is killed, his sister Christina goes to New York to find McBain, a lieutenant Santos rescued during the Vietnam War. McBain agrees to help, recruits his old war buddies, raises some cash by killing a few drug dealers, then leads an attack to topple the Colombian government.
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5.4
The History of the Pink Trunk
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?
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6.9
The Bribe of Heaven
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6.7
Rosario Tijeras
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2005-08-12 | es