The People at Universal

Dec 1, 1991

1h 51m

★ 7.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Action

Drama

Adventure

Production Companies

Euskal Média S.A.

Fotoclub-76

Igeldo Zine Produkzioak

Tchapline Films

TVE

Channel 4 Television

The People at Universal Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Diógenes Hernández

Álvaro Rodríguez

Clemente Hernández

Robinson Díaz

Fabiola Hernández

Jennifer Steffens

Margarita (as Ana María Aristizábal)

Ana María Aristizabal

Gastón, cliente

Ramon Agirre

Begoña

Aizpea Goenaga

Madre

Juana Mendiola

César Badillo

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