El cartel de los sapos (2011)

The real life story of Andres Lopez Lopez aka "Florecita" during his years involved with the Colombian Cartel aka "Cartel Norte del Valle".

Director:

Carlos Moreno

Writers:

Luiso Berdejo, Juan Camilo Ferrand,

Stars:

Manolo Cardona, Tom Sizemore, Juana Acosta

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Manolo Cardona	...	Martin
Tom Sizemore	...	DEA Agent Sam Mathews
Juana Acosta	...	Sofia
Kuno Becker	...	Damian
Diego Cadavid	...	Pepe Cadena
Robinson Díaz	...	Milton Jiménez 'El Cabo'
Julián Arango	...	Guadana
Andrés Parra	...	Anestesia
Fernando Solórzano	...	Oscar Cadena
Juan Pablo Raba	...	Pirulo
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.	...	Modesto
Adriana Barraza	...	La abuela
Saúl Lisazo	...	Coronel Ramiro Gutierrez
Sandra Echeverría	...	Eliana
Rodrigo Oviedo	...	El Chapo

Storyline

Martin Gonzalez is a lower class boy who discovers the world of drug trafficking in the way to upward mobility fundamentally to win the love of Sophia, a good girl, a priori unattainable, which is his love since childhood. His boldness, unconsciousness and youth lead him to become active and vital part of the dangerous "Cartel Norte del Valle", a criminal organization that defines itself as a bloodthirsty and powerful device that overcame the Cali Cartel in cunning military power of corruption and economic strength. Several years of drug and appropriate (bad) friends helped Martin to move up the syndicate, and finally getting the attention of Sofia and win her love.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong violence, language, drug content and sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Colombia

Language:

Spanish English

Release Date:

11 November 2011 (Colombia)

Also Known As:

The Snitch Cartel

Filming Locations:

Bogotá, Colombia

Company Credits

Production Co:

11:11 Films, BN Films, Onceonce Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The official entry of Colombia to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013.

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Connections

Remake of El cartel de los sapos (2008)

User Reviews

You will have a nice moment, but don't expect a masterpiece

It is a good action movie. I enjoyed the movie. But it doesn't have something that makes this movie remarkable or something that makes it different from other action movies. It's part of the gangsters' genre, everything happened fast, which is good for an action movie. Some shooting scenes are not totally convincing, I mean 5 gays with power weapons have a lot of troubles to kill two guys with just a pistol. it's the same old thing: treason, prostitution, cocaine, dead, money and gangsters' eccentricity. Well, if you are interest in really good films make in Colombia I recommend you this tittles: "La estrategia del caracol", "Satanas", "Paraiso travel".