Chilean bio-musical series “Los Prisioneros” had its European debut at Madrid’s inaugural Iberseries Platino Industria on Sept. 28 where it screened in the event’s Chapter One sidebar.
Taking place in the mid ‘80s, the eight-episode show kicks off with the titular iconic band Los Prisioneros playing their sardonic protest songs to a rowdy, unappreciative crowd. It’s only when they perform at Chile’s then biggest entertainment show, “Sabado Gigante,” hosted by the equally iconic Don Francisco, that their career takes flight.
Episode one shows the key moments of their debut on the show and the start of their career, which later led to their persecution by the military regime and censorship on Chilean radio and television. To this day, their songs are anthems at protest rallies in the region, most recently in Chile and Colombia.
“Their songs have become ever more relevant, they still resonate to this day,...
Taking place in the mid ‘80s, the eight-episode show kicks off with the titular iconic band Los Prisioneros playing their sardonic protest songs to a rowdy, unappreciative crowd. It’s only when they perform at Chile’s then biggest entertainment show, “Sabado Gigante,” hosted by the equally iconic Don Francisco, that their career takes flight.
Episode one shows the key moments of their debut on the show and the start of their career, which later led to their persecution by the military regime and censorship on Chilean radio and television. To this day, their songs are anthems at protest rallies in the region, most recently in Chile and Colombia.
“Their songs have become ever more relevant, they still resonate to this day,...
- 9/29/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Latin America’s Movistar, the brand of giant Madrid-based telecom Telefonica, has dropped a first teaser for “Los Prisioneros,” a portrait of the legendary Chilean punk band as it creates its greatest hits under Augusto Pinochet’s oppressive military dictatorship.
Set to go into production in January, and showrun by Joanna Lombardi, Movistar Latin America’s head of fiction, “Los Prisioneros” marks the first Movistar Original in Chile. It is made in a powerful production alliance with one of the country’s premier premium scripted producers, Parox, producers of “Invisible Heroes” and headed by Leonora González and Sergio Gándara.
Now in pre-production, and scheduled for release in the second half of 2021, the series will be made available in exclusivity and free of charge to the 85 million clients of Movistar Play, the company’s Latin America cell-phone service.
“At Movistar, we are focused on giving contents that stand apart as well as great connectivity,...
Set to go into production in January, and showrun by Joanna Lombardi, Movistar Latin America’s head of fiction, “Los Prisioneros” marks the first Movistar Original in Chile. It is made in a powerful production alliance with one of the country’s premier premium scripted producers, Parox, producers of “Invisible Heroes” and headed by Leonora González and Sergio Gándara.
Now in pre-production, and scheduled for release in the second half of 2021, the series will be made available in exclusivity and free of charge to the 85 million clients of Movistar Play, the company’s Latin America cell-phone service.
“At Movistar, we are focused on giving contents that stand apart as well as great connectivity,...
- 10/9/2020
- by John Hopewell and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Pamplona, Spain – Chilean production company Manufactura de Películas pitched its unconventional Pinochet-era drama “The Saddest Goal” today at Spain’s Conecta Fiction TV co-production and networking TV event, held in Pamplona.
Set during qualification for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, a period of great political instability in Chile, “The Saddest Goal” kicks off as the Chilean national team is set to leave for their match against the Soviet Union in the Ussr. On the same day, Pinochet’s coup d’etat kicks off in earnest, the team’s German trainer disappears, and the players resist leaving their families behind amongst the turmoil, although few understand how bad things will get in the coming days.
Soccer and fascism have an unfortunate relationship in Chile, as the country’s national stadium in Santiago was used as Pinochet’s torture and detention center. A fiercely nationalistic and proud man, Pinochet viewed the match against...
Set during qualification for the 1974 FIFA World Cup, a period of great political instability in Chile, “The Saddest Goal” kicks off as the Chilean national team is set to leave for their match against the Soviet Union in the Ussr. On the same day, Pinochet’s coup d’etat kicks off in earnest, the team’s German trainer disappears, and the players resist leaving their families behind amongst the turmoil, although few understand how bad things will get in the coming days.
Soccer and fascism have an unfortunate relationship in Chile, as the country’s national stadium in Santiago was used as Pinochet’s torture and detention center. A fiercely nationalistic and proud man, Pinochet viewed the match against...
- 6/18/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Santiago, Chile — Sebastián Muñoz’ “El Principe” (“The Prince”) is one of two Sanfic Industria works in progress, along with Carlos Piñeiro’s “Sirena,” selected to participate in San Sebastián’s Films in Progress this September.
The feature is based on a dime store, low circulation novel written in the ‘70s that Muñoz found by happenstance, and has spent the last five years refining, along with co-writer Luis Barrales, into the film that screened in rough cut on Tuesday morning in Santiago, Chile.
Set in San Bernardo, 1970 Chile, the film is a homoerotic story that portrays that era of Chilean society through the eyes of a confused young prisoner named Jaime, a history of violence, love and sex among prisoners, all set to a haunting Spanish cover of Nat King Cole’s “Nature Boy.”
A solitary twenty-year-old narcissist, Jaime cuts the throat of his best friend el Gitano, the object of his obsession,...
The feature is based on a dime store, low circulation novel written in the ‘70s that Muñoz found by happenstance, and has spent the last five years refining, along with co-writer Luis Barrales, into the film that screened in rough cut on Tuesday morning in Santiago, Chile.
Set in San Bernardo, 1970 Chile, the film is a homoerotic story that portrays that era of Chilean society through the eyes of a confused young prisoner named Jaime, a history of violence, love and sex among prisoners, all set to a haunting Spanish cover of Nat King Cole’s “Nature Boy.”
A solitary twenty-year-old narcissist, Jaime cuts the throat of his best friend el Gitano, the object of his obsession,...
- 8/21/2018
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
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