Based on Virginia Vallejo’s memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar, Fernando León de Aranoa’s lavish and pulpy biopic covers the fascinating five-year relationship between journalist/television presenter Vallejo (Penélope Cruz) and Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar (Bardem). Premiering at the Venice Film Festival, this second collaboration between De Aranoa and Bardem drew comparisons to the films of Scorsese and David O. Russell.