Latin Beat: 30 Peruvian Films Released In 2015, Plus Trailers For EL CEBICHITO, COMO EN EL CINE, EL BENEFICIO DE LA DUDA And THE NUTCRACKER SWEET
2015 has been a busy year for Peruvian cinema. A record-breaking 30 films will have opened in theaters by the time December rolls around; some have been better received than others. There's the box office smash of Asu Mare 2, starring Carlos Alcántara, who later got lost in the jungle in Lusers, also starring Chile's Felipe Izquierdo and Argentina's Pablo Granados.
We've also had the likes of horror sequel Cementerio General 2 from director Dorian Fernandez-Moris, his fourth film in two years; and there's also been some low-key, more personal films such as Enrica Pérez's Climas, Héctor Gálvez's forensic drama NN -- our representative in the Best Foreign Film race at next year's Oscars -- and actor Salvador del Solar's directing debut, Magallanes.
While not all of these films managed to reach a mass audience, they're all proof that our Peruvian film industry is still in a growth phase, with movies starting to diversify in tone and subject matter. At one point, we've had five Peruvian films playing in theaters at the same time, which is definitely a first.
November will close out this banner year with four releases, all totally different from each other, of course.
