BOGOTA. Juanes premieres on the big screen with the film ‘Pimpinero. Blood and gasolinedirected by Colombian Andrés Baiz, a film that will hit movie theaters next Thursday, a challenge that he took on as “another form of expression” beyond his music, the artist detailed at the film’s premiere this Monday in Bogotá .
“Almost without knowing what it was about, I told him ‘one, brother,’” Juanes said when describing how he came to this project, for which he had to audition, although Baiz (‘Narcos’ and ‘Griselda’) was clear that he It was the right fit for the character, which he played based on “imagination, memories and personal experiences.”
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Juanes He gives life to Moses, the oldest of three brothers. Ulises (Alberto Guerra) is the middle one and Juan (Alejandro Speitzer) is the youngest.
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The three form the Estrada clan, some old-fashioned pimpineros who are dedicated to gasoline smuggling between Venezuela and Colombia in 2012 and live in the desert Colombian department of La Guajira until a dispute with other smugglers ends in a dramatic end.
“For me, the character of Moses is the balance of the three brothers (…) he balances the relationship, he was the wisest, the most patient and stoic,” described the musician.
Together with the director and the protagonists of the film, the Colombian Laura Osma and the Mexican Alejandro Speitzer, Juanes told this Monday some details of the feature film, such as how they achieved such a good connection between the actors thanks to the fact that “one night we got involved (we danced) with vallenato,” he said between laughs.
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“It taught me a lot and put me in an extremely uncomfortable place, but I learned a lot,” he added, concluding that “it was a brutal experience.”
The film was shot in several locations in La Guajira such as Riohacha, Tigreras and Manaure and premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
