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That very ambivalence is the driving force behind the movie, and carries over through the conversations, the snappy dynamics and the different languages spoken

Cineuropa
  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Director: Enrico Maria Artale
  • Italy 2023
  • 106 minutes
  • Italian
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

Julio César is almost forty years old and still lives with his mother, a former cocaine mule who was forced to leave Colombia while pregnant with Julio. The two share practically everything: a small house on the river, the little money earned working for a drug dealer in the area, a passion for salsa and merengue evenings. It is a loving, intense and oppressive relationship, and it spirals when a young Colombian mule, Inés, enters their lives.

El Paraíso comes to Haifa from its world premiere at the Venice Festival. The strong and surprising drama, a search for roots and redemption, centers on a powerful performance by Edoardo Pesce (Dogman).

Filmography: The Third Half (2013).

30.9 Screening in the presence of the director

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  • Director Enrico Maria Artale
  • Production Matteo Rovere, Andrea Paris, Carla Altieri, Roberto de Paolis
  • Script Enrico Maria Artale
  • Cinematography Francesco di Giacomo
  • Editing Valeria Sapienza
  • Festivals Orizzonti Award for Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Venice
  • Actors Edoardo Pesce, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Maria del Rosario, Gabriel Montesi
  • Source Young Films