Filming is underway on one of Peru’s most ambitious film or TV projects ever, Los Principiantes.
The eight-part Spanish-language drama, inspired by real events, is set in 1980s Lima, Peru, and follows the rise of an elite law school cabal that infiltrates academia, politics, and organized crime. According to producers, the series explores how “ambition and power can transform young men into dangerous forces against a backdrop of corruption and social upheaval.”
The project, heralding from local outfit La Soga Producciones, is being designed as an eight-part series for a streamer but also as a feature film. The film’s release is
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