Premiere Leisure Group’s physique swap comedy The Ballad Of Hortensia has change into probably the most profitable native movie ever launched in El Salvador after its opening weekend.
The movie, produced and bought by Premiere, drew an viewers of greater than 25,000 admissions over its first 4 days, in accordance with Premiere and native distributor Balun Movies.
Directed by Arturo Menendez and starring famous Salvadoran comic Julio Yúdice, Francisco Gattorno, and Helena Haro, The Ballad Of Hortensia overtook the earlier record-holder La Rebusqueda, the 2014 launch that garnered 22,300 admissions over three months.
The Ballad Of Hortensia opened in eight theatres on December 12 and ranked forward of Sony’s Kraven The Hunter. It tells the story of a narcissistic male comic (Yúdice) who awakens from a street accident in a lady’s physique.
Javier Reyna tailored the screenplay from a narrative by Yudice and Menendez. Elias Axume produced for Premiere Leisure, with Carlos Rincon and Lizzy Gonzalez serving as govt producers.
Michaelle Paetz of Balun Movies stated, “This achievement marks an vital milestone within the historical past of Salvadoran cinema and highlights the rising curiosity in native productions.”
Premiere Leisure is co-producing with Bob Yari the Salvadoran civil battle epic Fireflies At El Mozote starring Paz Vega, which is at the moment in post-production. The corporate can be in growth on Salvadoran espionage thriller Curfew.