El Malquerido

El Malquerido (2015)

The film follows the rise to fame of venezuelan singer Felipe Pirela. From the beginnings when he worked alongside Billo Frometa and his band Billo's Caracas Boys to the days of his death at the hands of a drug dealer.

Date of release
2015-12-18
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
Music, Drama
Director
Diego Rísquez

Casting

Interesting facts

El malquerido is a 2015 biographical film directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Diego Rísquez, starring Jesús Miranda and Greisy Mena. The film is based on the life of the Venezuelan bolero singer Felipe Pirela.

Production

Filming began in Caracas at the beginning of March 2015, lasting a month

In April 2015, the crew filmed key scenes in Maracaibo, from locations such as the Baralt Plaza, the Chiquinquirá Basilica, the Fonoplatea de los Éxitos, and other locations. The production was made between Producciones Guakamaya, the Centro Nacional de Cinematografía (CNAC), Pedro Mezquita, Xenon Films, Ron Santa Teresa and the Zulia state government, with the support of the audiovisual department-cinema club of the University of Zulia culture d…

Despite being biographical, the director warned that the film had elements of fiction, since he did not intend to "make a documentary", and that "The cinema I make is not an obvious cinema, it is a suggestive cinema. There is a main story, but there are always subplots where I let the viewer draw their own conclusions".

The singer "Chino" Miranda, besides acting in the film, also interprets the 16 songs in the movie. The film was premiered at the Sala de Artes Escénicas del Centro de Arte de Maracaibo Lía Bermúdez (CAMLB).

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