El embajador de la India

Plot

Travelling in a chiva bus in Huila Department, Colombia, Jaime Florez (Hugo Gomez), an unemployed ex-seminarian and a fat liar travels with course not known in full-time of nap after the lunch. The vehicle on the road collecting two traders who immediately engage in conversation with Jaime, who speaks to them in English into believing that it is Indian immigrant who works in Colombia. The bus stops in the village Garzón, and the two traders believe that Jaime is indeed the Indian Ambassador in Colombia so they decide to take it to the best hotel in town. Once there Jaime register with the hotel as 'Maharaja Rama Ahujama' and asks the two dealers to keep their identity secret apparent.

The two traders break their promise and come to the store of José María, fine clothing merchant who doubt the veracity of what his colleagues have therefore calls the governor of the department who also doubt in principle but he thinks that the ambassador is of unknown quantity into the town thinking that it was sent in order that both the town and the country stay in ridiculously and therefore they decide to attend to it with honors. The governor accompanied of the mayor of Garzón and the secretary of the government of the town, come to the room of the hotel where there is Jaime who in this moment takes a bath laughing at the misunderstanding, but Jaime still pretending to be Indian Ambassador receives reluctantly authorities believing the mistake had been discovered but seeing that the whole town had believed he was ambassador decides to continue his scam. The governor warns the supposed ambassador that it will give him the attentions that it deserves. Jaime is shaved and then thin clothes and several turbans are given him, and on the same night at the country club a welcome in his honor, though with little difficulty as the 'ambassador' for being India therefore was vegetarian so the two traders get a giant salad which is given to Jaime by the mayor's daughter to him who does to him an Indian dance in his honor, criticized by the daughter of the governor and his mother. The daughter of the governor gives the key of the city to the 'ambassador' Jaime is interested in her and afterwards while she was sleeping it dreams of the 'ambassador' in the India being she also attracted towards him. In full dawn, Jaime tries to flee of the people but it is followed by a car who turns out to be Amilcar, an old friend of Jaime in the seminary and who would be the knowledgeable only one of his secret. Amilcar accompanied of Jaime and a singer come to a holiday during the whole night.

The next morning, the settlers and the governor to see a rope made of sheets from the room of the 'ambassador' (with whom Jaime had escaped) believe he was kidnapped. But a few minutes later Jaime arrives with signs of drunkenness and at once it is taken to his room and the governor thinking that his supposed captors had drunked it the previous night, it orders to put his room in custody. Jaime still in the pool surrounded by the village women pretends not to be offended by the supposed kidnapping last night and called to his room in order to take their order measures arguing traditional dress of India for them. In his room, Jaime with his meter takes measured several attractive women but the fat women and not so attractive it asks them write down their measurements. To the room there comes the daughter of the mayor for whom Jaime feels attracted but Jaime feels furthermore attracted to Silvia, the daughter of the governor. The wife of the governor gets angry on having seen the women's row that they wanted to see the 'ambassador' and observes as the man it was trying to seduce Silvia, for what Jaime confesses being in love of her and the piece of gossip leaked out for the whole people.

In the night and in a bar of the people, Amilcar and Jaime share between laughs when this one I finalize it tells him the moment in which it took the measurements to the women. The other night at the club, another party where even pretending to be ambassador Jaime dancing with Silvia shares is performed, but among the guests a man who turned out to be ex-classmate Jaime recognized him, and tries to warn the captain the police but he does not believe and believing orders arrest drunk amid shouts the man is screaming his identity apart from that Jaime has a mole behind his right ear and years ago in a fight, Jaime had hit her in the face with a shoe for being a gossip. Jaime speaking English denies knowing the man and the authorities try to apologize and continue the party, while Jaime surreptitiously hides her mole. The ex-mate is brought to the municipal judge who gives him conditional freedom but in exchange for moving away from the 'ambassador'. The authorities to apologize for the happened in the previous night, decide to take the 'ambassador' to San Agustín Archaeological Park In another party tonight, Amilcar is aware of the difficulty of deception Jaime seeing that it was even more guarded risk of being betrayed and also that Jaime was falling in love with Silvia, so Amilcar idea to give a false telegram to Jaime as ambassador to go to Bogota and then lose that people. Against his will on the following morning, Jaime is taken to San Agustín, in the moment in which Amilcar was trying to give him the telegram, but even Jaime like that manages to say his whereabouts to Amilcar and to both merchants. Jaime during the trip enjoys Silvia's company beside intoning O sole mio. While on the other hand, the ex-mate of Jaime manages to enter to the same hotel as guest and bribes one of the workers in order that it was giving to him the key of the room of the 'ambassador'. In San Agustín, Jaime is forced to camp and hear the guided tour of the park and that night Jaime has nightmares of his companions laughing while offering you fruits seduce Silvia was running naked in the park and ended Jaime hanged by his own turban. Understanding that his lie at any time going to crumble about thinking how to escape while the former partner of James after entering his room manages to get his identification card making also confirm the identity of fraud. Jaime tries to have relations with Silvia ut the notice of the merchants of the telegram does that the governor plans the trip to Bogota, but when Jaime comes to the hotel it is immediately arrested and Jaime bored with his lie confirming his true identity.

As a result of the collapse of his lie, Jaime is ridiculed by people, Silvia cries after being disappointed in love with the false ambassador, the two traders are beaten and vetoed by José María, the seller of fine clothing. Finally, the municipal judge frees Jaime as never defrauded anyone because Amilcar paid the hotel bill and Jaime meanwhile had returned the clothes, but ordered that Jaime and two merchants leave the village in the same way in who had arrived. Ironically Jaime is fired with a standing ovation organized by Amilcar. During the end credits say that a true ambassador arrived in town but the authorities and the people told him 'go fuck'.

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