CineMas Cool: Manny Perez & Denise Quiñones In ‘La Soga’

By Elis T. Ortiz
Photo Credit: Bashira Webb

De la creatividad del escritor, productor, y actor Manny Perez comes an action packed story of vengeance, love, and redemption. Set in the Dominican Republic, "La Soga" is the story of a young boy named Luisito who sees his father, the town butcher, being killed by a deported drug-dealer thug. El ver este asesinato impacts the boy so that he grows up thirsting for revenge.

Denise Quiñones plays the role of Jenny, his childhood sweetheart, who’s come back to reignite the compassionate person he once was. "La Soga" opens today (August 13).

We attended Wednesday's (August 11) NYC premiere de esta película and witnessed first-hand just how proud Manny is of not only the film, but of his cast.

Manny Perez, Denise Quiñones, and Josh Crook at the "La Soga" premiere on August 11

Earning its place as Official Selection of the LA Latino International Film Festival, and hailed by Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz as “flat-out brilliant,” “La Soga” has turned out to be Manny Perez’s most inspired project to date.

Manny Perez

Manny says that “La Soga” reflects a daily reality for D.R. that often goes untold or gets ignored, and he believes that’s why it moved audiences and critics within the country. El espera que sea bien recibida in the States as well.

Here’s what Manny had to say about taking on the challenge of being writer/producer and starring in a lead role:

“The biggest challenge was to keep it all together. I have all these hats, so I just tried to focus on one at a time, and be true to those moments. I had a moment when my character has a breakdown, and that was hard to do because I was producing as I was acting. It made it hard to focus at first, but then the emotion came out organically and it turned out great.”

Tenemos que contarles that most of Manny’s time on the red carpet was spent gushing about working with Denise. Not only did he say she was his favorite actress, but when pushed to choose his favorite kisser of all his female co-stars, he blushed and grudgingly admitted that it was Miss Universo 2001.

Denise Quiñones

Y que piensa ella? Well, Denise is just as enthusiastic about their on-screen chemistry.

Denise gushed about Manny’s passion and dedication to the project, which was contagious on set.

Manny Perez and Denise Quiñones

Denise nos cuenta “Creo que (Manny) es un actor super entregado. Me gusta que está luchando por hacer sus propios proyectos, especialmente él, que quizas se sentía encerrado en un cierto tipo de personaje.”

The beautiful actress really enjoyed working with her co-star, and felt that taking on the role of Manny’s love interest “fué una experiencia muy organica y natural.”

Manny Perez & Federico Castelluccio

Top trés razones para ver esta película: for the non-stop action, para apoyar a un proyecto hecho por y para los Latinos, and for the awesome the soundtrack! It features much of that infectious Dominican rhythm, including Aventura’s bachata. Not to mention that Aventura’s own Henry Santos Jeter also has a role in the film, so all you K.O.B. fanatics watch out for him!

Check out a scene from the film:

“La Soga” officially opens in select cities TODAY (August 13). Visit the movie’s website for a list of theaters.

Will you watch "La Soga"? Let us know what you think of the film in the comments below or @MTV3!

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