email print share on Facebook share on Twitter share on LinkedIn share on reddit pin on Pinterest

PRODUCTION Spain

Chus Gutiérrez gets back to work to the rhythm of salsa

by 

- The director from Granada is filming in the Columbian town of Cali until October 5 for the movie Ciudad Delirio

Chus Gutiérrez gets back to work to the rhythm of salsa

Director from Granada Chus Gutiérrez has started the filming of the Spanish-Columbian coproduction Ciudad Delirio. The filming, which will go on until October 5, will take place entirely in the Columbian town of Cali, on the Pacific coast.

Ciudad Delirio, presented as a “romantic comedy, filled with colours and joy,” is the first production by Film Fatal, founded in 2011 by one of the most acclaimed Spanish producers of the moment, Elena Manrique – during her time at Telecinco Cinema, she handled successes such as Cell 211 [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Daniel Monzón
film profile
]
Pan's labyrinth [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile
]
 and The Orphanage [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
.

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

The hero of Ciudad Delirio is Javier (Julián Villagrán), a Spanish doctor attending a medicine seminar in Cali who incidentally spends a magical night with Angie (Carolina Ramirez), a salsa dancer and director of a dance school who aspires to one day take part in the most famous salsa show in the world. When he returns to Madrid, Javier has lost his passion for his work, and his couple. Encouraged by his best friend, another doctor in Cali, he decides to settle there for a while.  

The choreographed aspect of the film naturally having a special importance, Gutiérrez asked Blanca-Li for help, a salsa passionate who is also one of the most polyvalent European choreographers, and Bibiana Vargas, a salsa world champion.

Ciudad Delirio marks the return to features for Gutiérrez five years after the drama Return to Hansala [+see also:
trailer
film profile
]
, and eight years after the comedy El calentito.

The film is coproduced by Film Fatal with Columbian company 64 A Films, with the backing of TVE. It will be distributed in Spain by Vertigo Films.

(The article continues below - Commercial information)

Did you enjoy reading this article? Please subscribe to our newsletter to receive more stories like this directly in your inbox.

Privacy Policy