The Deal

The Deal (2005) blends Drama elements. Top cast includes Joavany Alvarez, Rafael Bohórquez, and Óscar Borda. It draws from real-world events while keeping the focus on character stakes.

Actor: Joavany Alvarez • Genre: Drama movies • Provider: Prime Video

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.