The Debt (Spanish: La deuda), officially called as La deuda (o la insólita muerte y no menos asombrosa resurrección y segunda muerte de Alí Ibrahim María de los Altos Pozos y Resuello, llamado El Turco), is a 1997 Colombian drama film directed by Manuel José Álvarez and Nicolás Buenaventura. The film script was also written by Buenaventura The film was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 70th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.