Loving Pablo
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| Directed by | Fernando León de Aranoa |
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| Based on | Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar by Virginia Vallejo[1] |
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| Cinematography | Alex Catalan |
| Edited by | Nacho Ruiz Capillas |
| Music by | Federico Jusid |
| Distributed by | Star Cinema (Philippines) |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
| Countries | Spain, Philippines |
| Language | English |
| Budget | €14.6 million[2] |
| Box office | $17.5 million[3] |
Loving Pablo, internationally known as Escobar, is a 2017 English-language Spanish biographical crime drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa, based on Virginia Vallejo's memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar.[4][5] It was screened out of competition in the 74th Venice International Film Festival and in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[6]
Plot
[edit | edit source]Between 1981 and 1987, Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar had a romantic relationship with the journalist and the television presenter, Virginia Vallejo.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Javier Bardem as Pablo Escobar
- Penélope Cruz as Virginia Vallejo
- Peter Sarsgaard as Shepard, based on Steve Murphy
- Julieth Restrepo as Maria Victoria Henao
- Óscar Jaenada as Santoro
- David Valencia as Santos
- David Ojalvo as FBI Agent
- Giselle Da Silva as Olguita Arranz
Reception
[edit | edit source]Box office
[edit | edit source]Loving Pablo grossed $22,017 in the United States and Canada, and $17,5 million in other territories,[3] plus $60,312 with home video sales.[7]
Critical response
[edit | edit source]On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 31% based on 48 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 4.82/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Loving Pablo bungles its seemingly cinematic real-life story – and a pair of talented stars – in producing a lurid biopic that adds nothing to the Escobar subgenre."[8] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[9]
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External links
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- 2017 films
- 2017 drama films
- 2017 biographical drama films
- Spanish biographical drama films
- English-language Spanish films
- Films about Pablo Escobar
- Cultural depictions of Pablo Escobar
- Films directed by Fernando León de Aranoa
- Films scored by Federico Jusid
- Films set in the 1980s
- Films set in Colombia
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s Spanish films
- English-language biographical drama films
- Cocaine