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MGE Media Boards Chile’s ‘La Pérgola de las Flores’ From ‘Allende, the Thousand Days’ Producer Parox (EXCLUSIVE)
Miami-based MGE Media has secured overseas distribution rights to Katherina Harder’s feature/miniseries, ‘La Pérgola de las Flores’ from Parox.
The prestigious Ibero-American awards event takes place April 20 in Cancun, Mexico where “Allende…” has been nominated for best series, best actor for Alfredo Castro, who plays the doomed socialist president Salvador Allende, and best actress for Aline Kuppenheim. Written by Parox producer and showrunner Leonora González and Catalina Calcagni, “La Pérgola de las Flores” is an adaptation of the wildly popular 1960 stage musical that has enthralled three generations in Chile. “Even our grandparents know the lyrics by heart, it’s our ‘Westside Story,’” said Parox producer Sergio Gandara who will be attending the Premios Platino along with Kuppenheim and González, who also created and showran “Allende…”.
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