Carlos Hurtado talks humorously about the search for the American Dream in From My Neighborhood to New York.

Family, love and loyalty. These are three characteristics that director Harold Trompetero wanted to capture in his new film From My Neighborhood to New York, in addition to the struggles of the Hispanic community as they seek to migrate overseas to fulfill the long-awaited “American dream.”

This Colombian film will be released in our country this Thursday, August 18 and tells the story of Armando Pulido, a good-hearted master builder, worker, explorer and good friend, who, tired of the severe economic crisis in his country, decides to go to New York.

A reflection of what is currently being lived? Carlos Hurtado stars “From my neighborhood to New York” and, in conversation with RPP newsreported that there are many people who do the impossible to leave for the United States in search of a better future, “but they always return to their little land.”

Carlos Hurtado: “I am a partner in the USA”

The transition from the crazy and fun tropics to the icy metropolis was a radical change for Carlos HurtadoHowever, he exceeded all their expectations. The film was recorded in Bogota, where it’s cold, but getting to New York and living at -3 degrees was quite difficult.

“The director was happy,” the actor said with a laugh, “we are not.” It was an experiential experience for him as, being a national film, “it didn’t have the resources that Titanic had.”

“There was no Chroma or anything, but for an actor it’s cool to feel. I’m not the type of actor that likes to experiment because it gets into your energies, now coming to New York with a snow storm at -3 below zero, it was unbelievable, so I took advantage of it and everything went perfectly. he added. .

AT ‘From my neighborhood to New York'”Armando Pulido” is facing not only the climate crisis, but also the plight of the majority of migrants, and he must find it with all his ingenuity in order to move forward.

Friendship that crosses screens

Walter Luengas “El Mono” and Judith Segura accompany Carlos Hurtado to “From my neighborhood to New York”. The three of them are a group of friends from the neighborhood who work in construction and when they have free time they get together to play football.

This warmth, friendship and camaraderie is associated not only with the game, but also since they met when they started working in the theater. “We divided the red (coffee) among seven people,” recalls the Colombian.

After being cast as the lead character, Carlos Hurtado wanted to know who he was going to work with, so he watched the castings and made some suggestions to Harold Trompetero: “Brother, let me put this couple of ‘manes’ that I know and they’re going to be friends with me next door and it will be noticed because we have been friends for a long time and that we survived the famine just like Armando,” the artist said of what he told the director. .

This “combo” made the friendship of the main characters believable. “From my neighborhood to New York” and the Colombian actor was pleased to see the result. “Everything went perfectly. They are my true friends and we show it. It’s a matter of energy,” he said.

FACT:

Movie: “From My Neighborhood to New York”

Release Date: Thursday, August 18th.

Cast: The film features a lavish cast led by Carlos Hurtado, Judith Segura, Walter Luengas, Diego Camargo, Erica Glasser, Cristina Pimiento, Francisco Bolivar, Tavo Bernate, Tato Cepeda and the first film appearance of renowned musical singer Camilo Baena. .

Location: The tape was recorded in the capital of Colombia, as well as in the “Big Apple”, located in New York.

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