El Colombian Dream

A story as told by an aborted child who's now 14 years old, involving his mother, three teenagers (two twin brothers and their cousin) that make a love triangle, the twins' father and his new lover, a drug lord and his sidekicks, the drug lord's wife who doesn't know who's the father of her baby, a prostitute with bladder problems, a hit man (really a frustrated poet), and a huge missunderstanding

Cast

Manuela Beltrán

as Rosita

Santiago Rudas

as Enrique 'Enriquito' Arango

Mateo Rudas

as Pepe Arango

Manuel Sarmiento

as John Maclein

Héctor García

as El Duende

Julián Díaz

as Jesús Elvis Simbaqueva

Ana María Orozco

as Nicole (as Ana María Orozco)

Javier Gardeazábal

as El Sagaz

Gonzalo Sagarmínaga

as Enrique 'El Susi' Arango

Enrique Arango

as Ángel

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