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The Snitch Cartel
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Wikipedia article
'The Snitch Cartel' is a 2011 Colombian crime film directed by Carlos Moreno. The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards but did not make the final shortlist.
The film, like the 2008 Caracol TV series 'El Cartel', is based on the 2008 novel by the same name by Andrs Lpez Lpez, alias 'Florecita' ("Little Flower"), a former drug dealer who, while in prison, wrote the fictionalized account of his experiences in the Cali Cartel and of what happened within the Norte del Valle Cartel.
Plot
Two friends enter the illegal drugs business, one of them is a lower class boy, Martin, alias 'Strawberry', a smart and skilled young man seeking to earn money to gain the attention of his childhood love, Sophia.
His new boss, scar Cadena, makes a plan to take down the powerful Medellin Cartel, that is headed by the infamous don Pablo Escobar, while Martin moves up fast in the syndicate, becoming a vital part of the growing North Valley Cartel, he begins a turbulent life in the midst of a cartel war which he is uncanny to take part in, forcing him to move to Mexico looking for allies while struggles between the money and power that he now owns, and becoming a 'sapo' (snitch) for the DEA, to protect his beloved Sofia.
Cast
* Manolo Cardona as Martin
* Tom Sizemore as DEA Agent Sam Mathews
* Juana Acosta as Sofia
* Kuno Becker as Damian
* Diego Cadavid as Pepe Cadena
* Robinson Daz as "El Cabo"
* Julian Arango as Guadana
* Andrs Parra as Anestesia
* Fernando Solrzano as Oscar Cadena
* Juan Pablo Raba as Pirulo
* Ilja Rosendahl as Prison Guard
* Jhonny Rivera as Antonio Villegas
* Pedro Armendriz, Jr. as Mexican Drug Lord 'Modesto'
Associated media
In addition to the aforementioned 2008 book that inspired both the 2011 film and the 2008 TV series, Lopez has written several additional books about his and his associates' experiences in the drug trade.
See also
* List of submissions to the 85th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Colombian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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