U.S. HISPANIC
Cinelatino acquires leading films from the Caribbean
Maribel Ramos-Weiner| 25 de abril de 2013
Cinelatino has acquired some of the biggest recent Spanish-language films from various countries in the Caribbean region, including the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Colombia. Among the Caribbean acquisitions are: Feo de Día, Lindo de Noche (Ugly by Day, Handsome by Night) starring comedic sensation, Fausto Mata, alongside Frank Perozo; I Love Bachata: A hilarious musical comedy from the Dominican Republic about four men who pursue their dream of forming a bachata musical group. Also starring Fausto Mata, alongside Roberto Ángel Salcedo, Manolo Ozuna, and Mía Taveras; and Miente (Lie): An artistic Puerto Rican film about a man living in his own world that will ultimately destroy him.Also Cinelatino acquired Una Mirada al Mar (A Look at the Sea), the most important Venezuelan film of 2011 about a 71-year-old widowed painter who returns to the village where he first met his deceased wife and finds friendship in an 8-year-old orphan. Starring Fernando Flores, Yucemar Morales, and Loly Sánchez; and ¿Por qué dejaron a Nacho? (Why did they Dump Nacho?), a light-hearted Colombian comedy that proves that love and friendship can endure anything. The film features a well-known cast, including Francisco Bolívar, Jose Ordóñez, and Edmundo Troya.As the leading Spanish-language movie channel, its important we program specifically for the more than 16 million Caribbean Hispanics who live in the U.S. There have been a lot of highly-successful box office films coming out the Caribbean region in the past few years, and were committed to acquiring the best films from all parts of the Spanish-speaking world, said James M. McNamara, chairman of Cinelatino.
