Estonian premiere

El Paraíso

Local title
Paradiis
Director
Enrico Maria Artale
Country
Italy
Year
2023
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Best of Festivals
Genre
drama
Subject
familial relationships, love, drugs

Through salsa and merengue dance nights, shared memories, and limited earnings working for a local drug dealer, Julio Cesar and his mother struggle to maintain their love-filled but oppressive lifestyle. The arrival of Ines, an attractive young Colombian drug mule, threatens to unsettle their tenuous stability.

Winner of the Best Actress, Screenplay and Young Cinema Awards at Venice Orizzonti 2023.

Director
Enrico Maria Artale
Screenwriter
Enrico Maria Artale
Cast
Edoardo Pesce, Margarita Rosa De Francisco, Maria Del Rosario, Gabriel Montesi
Producer
Matteo Rovere, Andrea Paris, Carla Altieri, Roberto De Paolis
DoP
Francesco Di Giacomo
Editor
Valeria Sapienza
Composer
Emanuele de Raymondi
Production
Ascent Film, Young Films, Rai Cinema
World sales
Bendita Film Sales
Runtime
Language
Italian
Subtitles
English
Other festivals
Venice
Director
Enrico Maria Artale

Enrico Maria Artale (1984)

Filmography:
Il respiro dell'arco (My Bow Breathing, 2011), Il terzo tempo (The Third Half, 2013), Saro (2016), El Paraíso (2023)

Screenings

6th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening020602 / Paradiis
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
3rd Hall Apollo Kino Lõunakeskus, Tartu
Screening064301 / Paradiis
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening111403 / Paradiis
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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