Exclusive: Cameras have rolled on The Ballad Of Hortensia, a body swap comedy from Premiere Entertainment set in El Salvador, starring Francisco Gattorno (Julian Schnabel’s Before Night Falls) and Helena Haro (Black Warrant).
Arturo Menendez (Malacrianza) is directing the pic from a screenplay by Javier Reyna, based on a story by Yudice and Menendez. Julio Yudice, best known in El Salvador for his satirical portrayal of an indigenous woman known as La Tenchis, also stars.
Plot follows the life of a narcissistic male comedian (Yudice) who wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident. The fantasy comedy is being produced by Elias Axume with Carlos Rincon and Lizzy Gonzalez serving as executive producers for Premiere Entertainment. Marvin Galeas is the associate producer.
The pic continues Premiere’s work in El Salvador, following Fireflies at El Mozote, a Salvadoran civil war epic co-produced with Bob Yari, which is in post-production and is in development. The company is also in development on the Salvadoran espionage thriller Curfew.
Lead Gattorno has been a fixture as a leading man in Mexican soap operas for over 25 years, with the latest being El Señor de los Cielos and La Desalmada. Haro is best known for her recurring role in the Amazon series El Juego de las Llaves and will be seen in the upcoming crime thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz.
Premiere’s slate includes rom-com Plan B, starring Jon Heder; supernatural thriller Nefarious, which grossed $5.4Mm at the US box office; the action superhero Sri Asih, released on Disney+ in Asia; and murder mystery What Remains, starring Kellan Lutz and Anne Heche.
Arturo Menendez (Malacrianza) is directing the pic from a screenplay by Javier Reyna, based on a story by Yudice and Menendez. Julio Yudice, best known in El Salvador for his satirical portrayal of an indigenous woman known as La Tenchis, also stars.
Plot follows the life of a narcissistic male comedian (Yudice) who wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident. The fantasy comedy is being produced by Elias Axume with Carlos Rincon and Lizzy Gonzalez serving as executive producers for Premiere Entertainment. Marvin Galeas is the associate producer.
The pic continues Premiere’s work in El Salvador, following Fireflies at El Mozote, a Salvadoran civil war epic co-produced with Bob Yari, which is in post-production and is in development. The company is also in development on the Salvadoran espionage thriller Curfew.
Lead Gattorno has been a fixture as a leading man in Mexican soap operas for over 25 years, with the latest being El Señor de los Cielos and La Desalmada. Haro is best known for her recurring role in the Amazon series El Juego de las Llaves and will be seen in the upcoming crime thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz.
Premiere’s slate includes rom-com Plan B, starring Jon Heder; supernatural thriller Nefarious, which grossed $5.4Mm at the US box office; the action superhero Sri Asih, released on Disney+ in Asia; and murder mystery What Remains, starring Kellan Lutz and Anne Heche.
- 11/16/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Ballad Of Hortensia to being production in El Salvador later this month.
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
- 11/16/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
The Ballad Of Hortensia to being production in El Salvador later this month.
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
Los Angeles-based production, financing, and sales company Premiere Entertainment Group (Peg) has brought on seasoned Mexican producer Sandro Halphen as it grows its Latin American business.
Mexico City-based Halphen, whose credits include Netflix Original Sin Hijos, will be responsible for building up Peg’s Spanish-language slate and assumes creative and overall production oversight of the company’s productions south of the border.
Already scheduled for production are Arturo Menendez’s (Malacrianza) body swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia (La Balada de Hortensia), which is on track to...
- 11/16/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Unknowns, or if you prefer – Desconocidos, already sounds like a perfect title for a horror movie, right? Especially when you add a little description that goes like this: Some people are dying to be famous. In case you’re not so familiar with this project, I will first inform you that we’re actually talking about an indie horror which comes from director Andres Ramirez. As usual – for more details & trailer make sure you check out the rest of this report!
Written by Jon Molerio, the movie follows a group of young unknown actors who arrive in Hollywood and become the unsuspecting participants in a snuff film – theirs.
Sonia is one of the many unknown actors in the film industry. She is dying to become famous. One day, her dream comes true and she is chosen for a part in a horror movie. What she doesn’t know is how...
Written by Jon Molerio, the movie follows a group of young unknown actors who arrive in Hollywood and become the unsuspecting participants in a snuff film – theirs.
Sonia is one of the many unknown actors in the film industry. She is dying to become famous. One day, her dream comes true and she is chosen for a part in a horror movie. What she doesn’t know is how...
- 1/1/2013
- by Jeanne Standal
- Filmofilia
Abner Benaim's Chance was beating out James Cameron's Avatar at the box office in its third week of release in its native Panama . . . and deservedly.
This hard-hitting, anti-bourgeois comedy opens with the dapper Fernando González-Dubois (Francisco Gattorno) running for political office. Interviewed on a TV news show, he avers, "I am a man of the people. My job is to work for the well-being of my country."
His "heartfelt" words start ringing empty when the camera starts exploring his home life. His wife Gloria (Isabella Santodomingo) splits her time between getting breast implants, taking classes, and shopping. His twin teen daughters are into group sex and demeaning the help.
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This hard-hitting, anti-bourgeois comedy opens with the dapper Fernando González-Dubois (Francisco Gattorno) running for political office. Interviewed on a TV news show, he avers, "I am a man of the people. My job is to work for the well-being of my country."
His "heartfelt" words start ringing empty when the camera starts exploring his home life. His wife Gloria (Isabella Santodomingo) splits her time between getting breast implants, taking classes, and shopping. His twin teen daughters are into group sex and demeaning the help.
read more...
- 12/3/2010
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
Abner Benaim's Chance was beating out James Cameron's Avatar at the box office in its third week of release in its native Panama . . . and deservedly.
This hard-hitting, anti-bourgeois comedy opens with the dapper Fernando González-Dubois (Francisco Gattorno) running for political office. Interviewed on a TV news show, he avers, "I am a man of the people. My job is to work for the well-being of my country."
His "heartfelt" words start ringing empty when the camera starts exploring his home life. His wife Gloria (Isabella Santodomingo) splits her time between getting breast implants, taking classes, and shopping. His twin teen daughters are into group sex and demeaning the help.
read more...
This hard-hitting, anti-bourgeois comedy opens with the dapper Fernando González-Dubois (Francisco Gattorno) running for political office. Interviewed on a TV news show, he avers, "I am a man of the people. My job is to work for the well-being of my country."
His "heartfelt" words start ringing empty when the camera starts exploring his home life. His wife Gloria (Isabella Santodomingo) splits her time between getting breast implants, taking classes, and shopping. His twin teen daughters are into group sex and demeaning the help.
read more...
- 12/2/2010
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
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