Uruguay’s Mother Superior Snags Rights to the Life And Times of Famed Spanish Gang Member, Boxer José Luis Pacheco
variety.comHolly Jones In a knock-out deal, Ignacio Cucucovich and Gustavo Hernández of Montevideo-based Mother Superior Films have acquired rights to Spanish boxer and entertainer José Luis ‘Dum Dum’ Pacheco’s life story, starting with his autobiography, “Mear Sangre.” “Dum Dum is a living reflection of a generation that’s managed to overcome many blows at a difficult time in history.
He was born into a humble home, imprisoned at a very young age,” Cucucovich told Variety. “In addition, the era the story would encompass is fascinating to us, full of freedoms gaining ground, young people exploring and developing, in success and error, a lot of creative abundance, in a constant clash with what society then considered correct.
It was a time of discovery and creation.” Pacheco, formerly part of the notorious 1960s Madrid street gang ‘Los Ojos Negros,’ beat the odds and escaped the streets to become one of Spain’s top athletes.
After a violent and abuse-riddled stint in prison urged-on his further delinquency, he served in the military to sort himself out, going on to become the national welterweight champion and the number one boxer in Europe.
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