The People at Universal

Former Sergeant Diogenes Hernandez owns the Universal, a precarious detective agency private in the Centre of Bogotá, which is based in the same apartment where he and his wife Fabiola inhabit. His nephew, Clemente Fernández, who works at the Agency, maintains a romance with Fabiola, without trying to hurt the feelings of his uncle, but driven by the need to alleviate their empty urban and anonymous man.

Cast

Álvaro Rodríguez

as Diógenes Hernández

Robinson Díaz

as Clemente Hernández

Jennifer Steffens

as Fabiola Hernández

Ana María Aristizabal

as Margarita (as Ana María Aristizábal)

Ramon Agirre

as Gastón, cliente

Aizpea Goenaga

as Begoña

Juana Mendiola

as Madre

César Badillo

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