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Profession: Detective

1986

A scrappy, wry detective yarn that grows darker as it digs into corruption, balancing lightness with a mounting sense of unease.

Directed by
José Carlos Huayhuaca
Genres
Action, Thriller, Comedy
Starring
Jorge García Bustamante, Orlando Sacha, Eduardo Yepez
Overview
Alex Caballero is a private detective by correspondence. An interesting case of adultery and blackmail appears, which could make the business quick off. The investigation starts and it gets complicated until it lands in a shady presidential campaign, discovering an election fraud and crimes comitted by a politician connected to drug trafficking in order to win.

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Directed by
José Carlos Huayhuaca
Genres
Action, Thriller, Comedy
Starring
Jorge García Bustamante, Orlando Sacha, Eduardo Yepez
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • crime
  • mystery
  • politics
  • deception
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror1
Humour5
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight4

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Genres
action, thriller, comedy
Directed by
José Carlos Huayhuaca
Written by
José Carlos Huayhuaca, Reynaldo Ledgard
Starring
Jorge García Bustamante, Orlando Sacha, Eduardo Yepez, Jocelyn Katz, Jorge Rodríguez Paz, Gonzalo Ruiz de Somocurcio, Diana Quijano, Jaime Lértora
Country
Peru
Languages
Spanish

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