Movie: The People at Universal

Top 8 Billed Cast

Álvaro Rodríguez
Álvaro Rodríguez

Diógenes Hernández

Robinson Díaz
Robinson Díaz

Clemente Hernández

Jennifer Steffens
Jennifer Steffens

Fabiola Hernández

Ana Marí­a Aristizabal
Ana Marí­a Aristizabal

Margarita (as Ana María Aristizábal)

Ramon Agirre
Ramon Agirre

Gastón, cliente

Aizpea Goenaga
Aizpea Goenaga

Begoña

Juana Mendiola
Juana Mendiola

Madre

César Badillo
César Badillo

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1991-12-01

  • Average

    7.2

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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  • Languages:

    Español

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