Onza Distribution Snaps Up International Sales to Parox’s ‘Allende, the Thousand Days’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comAnna Marie de la Fuente Spain’s Onza Distribution, with offices in Madrid and Miami, has seized international rights to mini-series “Allende, the Thousand Days,” released this year to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Chile’s first socialist president, Salvador Allende, and sadly, the military coup that kickstarted general Augusto Pinochet’s brutal regime.
Lead produced by Chile’s Parox (“Invisible Heroes,” “The Substitute”), in collaboration with Mediterraneo Media Entertainment, Aleph Media, 1010 Mente Colectiva and HD Argentina, the mini-series premiered Sept.
7 on Chile’s TVN, which reported stellar audience ratings. The four one-hour episode series is the first fictional series attempt to explore the period of time when Allende’s Popular Unity party was in power and the challenges it faced.
It is told from the point of view of a fictitious Spanish political science student who eventually becomes Allende’s closest advisor.
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