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Muerte en Berruecos competes in Goya Awards

November 10, 2020

Maribel Ramos-Weiner

Muerte En Berruecos de SOMOS Films

Muerte en Berruecos, Crónicas de un Magnicidio, a co-production by SOMOS Films from the United States, along with Digivision Producciones from Venezuela and GPL Comunicaciones from Ecuador, will compete for the Goya nomination for Best Ibero-American Film at the 35th edition of this prestigious award of the Spanish film industry.

The film has been presented to represent Ecuador in this category and will compete with 15 other Ibero-American films and documentaries.

Muerte en Berruecos, Crónicas de un Magnicidio is the fourth co-production of the feature film production company chaired by Luis Villanueva and part of SOMOS Group.

Muerte en Berruecos, Crónicas de un Magnicidio narrates in a “thriller” format the conspiracy that resulted in the death of General Antonio José de Sucre, one of the main officers under the command of Simón Bolívar, El Libertador. The story is set between Venezuela, Panama and Ecuador. The film is directed by Caupolican Ovalles, a Venezuelan director and starred by Luis Gerónimo Abreu.

Luis Villanueva, president, and CEO of SOMOS Films stated: “The film is a sample of the cinema that we produce at SOMOS Films, which in this case seeks to frame a historical event within a genre of great interest to the audience. We congratulate Caupolicán Ovalles and the production team.”

Caupolicán Ovalles, for his part, expressed his satisfaction: “I am very proud that this Ecuadorian, Venezuelan and American co-production has been selected by Ecuador for the 35 Goya Awards as best Ibero-American film, it is a period police thriller based on real facts, which has not yet been solved, was the first Assassination in the Ibero-America area, since then, history will be in charge of presenting us with a long list of political crimes marked by the ambition for power. I thank SOMOS Films for their invaluable participation in this co-production that strengthens the cinematographic integration of the region by sponsoring Hispanic productions for the whole world.”