Francisco Gattorno is performing a special ballad…

The 59-year-old Cuban-Mexican actor and telenovela star is starring in The Ballad Of Hortensia, a body swap comedy from Premiere Entertainment set in El Salvador.

Production is underway on the film, which also stars Helena Haro.

Arturo Menendez is directing the film from a screenplay by Javier Reyna, based on a story by Julio Yudice and Menendez.

Yudice, best known in El Salvador for his satirical portrayal of an indigenous woman known as La Tenchis, also stars.

The plot follows the life of a narcissistic male comedian (Yudice) who wakes up in the opposite sex body following an automobile accident.

The fantasy comedy is being produced by Elias Axume with Carlos Rincon and Lizzy Gonzalez serving as executive producers for Premiere Entertainment. Marvin Galeas is the associate producer.

The film continues Premiere’s work in El Salvador, following Fireflies at El Mozote, a Salvadoran civil war epic co-produced with Bob Yari, which is in post-production and is in development. The company is also in development on the Salvadoran espionage thriller Curfew.

Gattorno has been a fixture as a leading man in Mexican soap operas for over 25 years, with the latest being El Señor de los Cielos and La Desalmada.

Haro is best known for her recurring role in the Amazon series El Juego de las Llaves and will be seen in the upcoming crime thriller Desert Dawn starring Kellan Lutz.