Movies by Jairo Camargo

Como el gato y el ratón

Como el gato y el ratón

The neighborhood La Estrella, in Bogotá, is inhabited by families displaced by the violence. Before the event which is the arrival of the electric light, that night there is a celebration. Cristancho and Brochero families, neighbors, friends and leaders of La Estrella, will be involved in a series of incidents and jokes.

Un caballo en la alcoba

Un caballo en la alcoba

Magallanes

Magallanes

Magallanes sees his humdrum life turn upside down the day Celina, a women he met in the violent years when he was a soldier with the Peruvian Army, jumps into his taxi in a Lima street. This unexpected re-encounter after 25 years with the dark past that unites them prompts Magallanes to embark on a daring plan to help Celina get money and find his own redemption.

The Great Sadini

The Great Sadini

After losing his father, being expelled from school and facing his mother's prohibitions, Luciano, a young student, decides to flee to the sea with his friend Daniel, showing his knowledge of hypnosis to the whole world.

Mi alma se la dejo al diablo

Mi alma se la dejo al diablo

The Deal

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 discov...

La Esquina

La Esquina

Oedipus Mayor

Oedipus Mayor

Edipo, is appointed mayor of a town plunged in misery and violence. His first mission is to discover and punish the murderers of Layo, a well-known potentate of the region. His investigation is directed towards all the armed factions that exist in Colombia.