Festival Cine Latino: Coliseo the Champions (Peru)

The first edition of the Latino Film Festival will take place from Saturday 17 to Thursday 22 June 2017 at The Bioscope in Johannesburg (286 Fox St, City and Suburban, Johannesburg).

For six days, the best Spanish-language cinema in recent years will be released. Seven critically acclaimed films will feature a variety of genres for all tastes: fiction, comedy, drama and documentary.

With the collaboration of the Embassies of Argentina, Ecuador, Spain, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay, this selection of films will be screened:

 Tickets: R35

Coliseo the Champions (Peru)

Directed by: Alejandro Rossi Velasco

Drama

93min

The Folk Music Tent "Coliseo" is going to be evicted from the land it occupies. This will mean the disappearance of a group of artists from different generations, who had found in that place a way of life and an identity. The youngsters Marcial and Esperanza will form a dance group and try to save the "Coliseo" by participating in a Competition of 'Huaylarsh'. In order to achieve this, they will have to win the famous "Three-time champions".