Colombian director Juan David Restrepo has decided to premiere his new film “En coma” in the same Medellin neighborhood where the filming took place, rather than in a national theater, gossip site sweet.com reported.
The entire cast of the film will be present at the Thursday May 5 showing, in the southwest Medellin neighborhood of Antioquia, which will also consist of a pig roast and a concert involving all of the musicians featured in the movie, among them popular vallenato musicians Daniel Calderon and Los Gigantes.
“En coma” is a story set amidst the trials of life growing up in Medellin, and originated from the necessity to bring global attention to the city and say “look what happens here,” noted Restrepo in an interview with theater and film news site septimoarte.org.
At its core, however, the story revolves around love and the lengths to which people will go for it, said Restrepo.