EnglishPrime-Video - Medellin : Discover the official poster and a new teaser
By Mulder, 11 may 2023
"First of all, I'm quite fascinated by this country and by this culture and, to be honest, I've also seen a lot of films and documentaries around Escobar and Narcos - and even though I have no admiration for them, I have a certain fascination for their story. So I asked myself what would happen if a young man, who has an older brother, was kidnapped by Narcos: would the older brother remain passive or would he decide to go and get him? In which case, what would happen? It is unfortunately quite common for kidnappings to happen in Colombia, but it is less common for the person who is kidnapped to be the little brother of a determined guy! That was the starting point for what I thought could be a pretty strong adventure comedy." - Franck Gastambide
Prime Video has unveiled the official poster and a new teaser for Medellín, the action comedy from Franck Gastambide (Pattaya, Taxi 5, Validated), starring Gastambide, Ramzy Bedia (La Tour Montparnasse Infernale), Anouar Toubali (Pattaya), Brahim Bouhlel (Validated), Raymond Cruz (Breaking Bad), and Essined Aponte (S.W.A.T.), with the participation of Mike Tyson (Very Bad Trip). Medellín will launch exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide on June 2, 2023. Medellín is the latest addition to the Prime Video catalog for subscribers. Prime members in France enjoy exclusive Prime Flash Sales, expedited delivery and access to the best in entertainment in one subscription for only €6.99/month or the low price of €69.90/year.
Based on an original idea by Franck Gastambide, and co-written by Franck Gastambide and Charles Van Tieghem (Validated), the film is produced by Kowloon Film (Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer). Medellin will enrich the thousands of series and films available in the Prime Video catalog, such as the critically acclaimed series The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, The Terminal List, Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, Star Trek: Picard, Carnival Row, American Gods, The Boys and The Fabulous Mrs. Maisel, as well as French Originals such as Salade Greque, Orelsan: Montre Jamais ça à Personne, Hawa, Overdose, Miskina, la Pauvre, LOL: Qui Rit, Sort! Mixte, Le Bal des Folles, Celebrity Hunted: Chasse à l'Homme, or exclusive programs such as Cœurs Noirs, BDE, Darknet-sur-Mer, Forte, Je te Veux Moi Non Plus, and many others - all available on Prime Video at no extra cost to Amazon Prime members.
Synopsis:
Pablito is a young Youtuber, fascinated by Pablo Escobar. He decides to make his dream come true by going to Medellin to follow in the footsteps of the drug lord. A few days later, a video posted on his social networks, the world discovers that Pablito is in the hands of dangerous narcos, who demand a huge ransom to free him. "Plata o Plomo! " . But what the Narcos don't know is that Pablito has an older brother and that this older brother has a plan that is as simple as it is totally insane: to put together a team, to raid Colombia to confront the cartel's men and to bring back his little brother safe and sound.
Medellin
Directed by Franck Gastambide
Written by Franck Gastambide, Charles Van Thieghem
With Ramzy Bedia
Music : Julien Grunberg, Paul-Marie Barbier
Production companies: Mandarin & Compagnie, Amazon
Distributed by Amazon Prime Video
Release date: June 2, 2023 (France)
Photos : Copyright Amazon Prime Video
(Source : press release)