The Dominican Republic’s Bou Group is in manufacturing on its newest pic underneath its unprecedented multi-year distribution cope with The Walt Disney Company, “Cazatesoros.”
According to the journey caper’s director, Héctor Manuel Valdez, who co-founded Bou Group with José Ramón Alamá and Vicente Alamá, the pact with Disney took place following a number of years as regional field workplace leaders. “They contacted us in 2020 after our company had previously produced commercial successes such as ‘Todos los hombres son iguales,’ ‘Colao,’ ‘Trabajo sucio’ and ‘Que león,’ (the highest-grossing film in the history of the Dominican Republic), among others,” mentioned Valdez.
Like a lot of the producers within the nation, Bou Group funds its movies by tapping into Article 34 of the Dominican Republic’s tax incentives, which permits firms within the DR to allocate 25% of their projected taxes in the direction of native manufacturing.
As a results of this partnership with Disney, Bou Group’s “El año del tigre” was the primary movie within the Caribbean area to premiere on Star+, Disney’s streaming platform in Latin America.
“Our second release on the platform, ‘Malos padres,’ remained in theaters for 14 consecutive weeks, becoming the highest-grossing local premiere of the year to date,” added Valdez, who expects their subsequent pic “Bienvenidos al paraíso,” now in publish, and “Cazatesoros” to land on Star+ subsequent yr after Disney releases them theatrically. Like most different streaming platforms, Star+ has been eager to fill its programming with unique content material.
Shooting at numerous areas within the Dominican Republic (DR) and Peru, the journey thriller stars the Dominican Republic’s Luinis Olaverria (“El año del tigre”) and Nashla Bogaert (“El año del tigre”) alongside Peru’s main actors Carlos Alcántara and Franco Cabrera, each stars in Peru’s most profitable comedy franchise “Asu Mare.”
Written and produced by Jose Ramon Alamá, “Cazatesoros” follows a treasure hunter (performed by Cabrera) as he searches for “the most coveted riches ever pursued by mankind”: a treasure bounty that was allegedly buried with Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus. As historic lore tells us, the stays of the person who found America have been interred within the DR for greater than two centuries earlier than they have been returned to Spain.
Separately, one other movie Valdez directed, “Insular,” starring the late Cuban actor Alexis Diaz de Villegas (“Juan de los muertos”), will world premiere on the 54th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, which runs Nov. 20 – 28.
Based on the story “La Isla” by Luis Martin Gómez, “Insular,” doesn’t fall underneath the Disney deal, famous Valdez.
Diaz de Villegas portrays a person stranded on a abandoned island en route from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico. Amidst the challenges of isolation and the wrestle for survival, an opportunity encounter forces him to resolve between returning to civilization or embracing island life.
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