MGE Media Boards Chile’s ‘La Pérgola de las Flores’ From ‘Allende, the Thousand Days’ Producer Parox (EXCLUSIVE)
16.04.2024 - 17:55
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Anna Marie de la Fuente Miami-based MGE Media has scooped up international distribution rights to Katherina Harder’s feature debut, “La Pérgola de las Flores,” produced by Parox, the Chilean producer of mini-series “Allende, The Thousand Days” (“Los mil días de Allende”), which is nominated for three Premios Platino. The prestigious Ibero-American awards event takes place April 20 in Cancun, Mexico where “Allende…” has been nominated for best series, best actor for Alfredo Castro, who plays the doomed socialist president Salvador Allende, and best actress for Aline Kuppenheim.
Written by Parox producer and showrunner Leonora González and Catalina Calcagni, “La Pérgola de las Flores” is an adaptation of the wildly popular 1960 stage musical that has enthralled three generations in Chile. “Even our grandparents know the lyrics by heart, it’s our ‘Westside Story,’” said Parox producer Sergio Gandara who will be attending the Premios Platino along with Kuppenheim and González, who also created and showran “Allende…”.
Set in the 1930s, “La Pérgola de las flores” is a love triangle set against the struggle by flower stall owners against authorities and their plans to remove their stands along Santiago de Chile’s Alameda Avenue. Parox plans to make both a three-part miniseries as well as a movie adaptation of “Pérgola…”.
“Given the uncertainty in our industry, we think it’s prudent to maximize our opportunities,” said Gandara who noted that this is the first time they are doing this and conversely, may cut a movie out of the “Allende…” mini-series as well. As in most countries worldwide, Chile’s theatrical box office is down, estimated by as much as 40% and historically, most Chilean films have not done well in local cinemas.
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