The first episode entitled 'The Hunt', recalls the last months of hiding and secrecy before the death of Pablo Escobar. The teenager grows closer to his father until the mafia boss's last moments on Earth. Knowing that he was being hunted down and feeling caught in the vice-like grip of his pursuers, would Pablo Escobar have killed himself? In any case, his son maintains this theory, and continues to do so to this day. Despite what he says today, did Juan Pablo intend to succeed his father?
'Survival' returns to the days following the murder of Pablo Escobar by the Colombian police. Then 16 years old, Juan Pablo believes he is responsible for the debts that his father's former partners demand from him, who want their share of the pie. What was really said in their secret cell, while the teenager has to go around the Colombian jails in an attempt to save his skin?
The third episode, 'Treason', takes us into the heart of the family's fights over the spoils of the drug trafficker's legacy, and the betrayals which eventually isolate and ruin the cursed son. What happened that day in 1994, when alongside his grandmother, aunt and uncle, the young Juan Pablo faced his father's rival, the leader of the Cali Cartel, who decided to spare his life?
The last episode, 'The Curse' takes place in 2017, when his true identity is unmasked and the fragile peace of mind he momentarily captured is shattered by the Argentine justice system, which accuses him of fraud and money laundering. Is this the last episode of this tragic curse?
Thomas Misrachi
Director
David Périssere
