Paraiso Travel (2008)

Love drives two young lovers from Medellin, Colombia to seek fortune in New York City, only to find a harsh reality that will put to test their true love for one another.

Director:

Simon Brand

Writers:

Jorge Franco Ramos, Juan Rendón

Stars:

Angelica Blandon, Pedro Capo, Raúl Castillo

12 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Angelica Blandon	...	Reina
Pedro Capo	...	Giovanny
Raúl Castillo	...	Carlos
Aldemar Correa	...	Marlon
Margarita Rosa de Francisco	...	Raquel
Ana de la Reguera	...	Milagros Valdez
Alexander Forero	...	Mexican poyero
Gina Hernandez	...	Milagro Family Member
Germán Jaramillo	...	Don Hernan
Ethen Lane	...	Victor
John Leguizamo	...	Roger Pena
Eli Massillon	...	Menacing man in car
Chiko Mendez	...	Los Simpaticos Guitarrist
Edward Steven Mesa	...	Rehab Patient
Luis Fernando Munera	...	Don Pastor

Storyline

A young seductive woman named Reina, living in Medellin, Colombia, becomes infatuated with finding fortune in New York City. A young man named Marlon desperately falls in love with this rebellious teen. Entangled in her web of fantasies, Marlon has no other choice but to blindly follow her imposing lead. Driven by their will to reach their dreamland, the two embark on the brutal exodus of the Latin-American immigrants who cross illegally through Mexico. This adventure in narrated by Marlon on his voyage to find his love, his heroine, his Reina. The couple got separated upon arrival in New York and Marlon fueled only by the power of love has been through hell and back trying to find her. This is his story.

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Plot Keywords:

medellin colombia | new york city | queens new york city | copulation | chase | 

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Taglines:

Worse than loving you is searching for you.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language, brief drug use and some violence

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Colombia USA

Language:

Spanish English French

Release Date:

10 July 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Paraiso Travel - Em Busca do Sonho

Filming Locations:

Colombia

Box Office

Budget:

$4,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paraiso Pictures, Grand Illusions Entertainment, Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematografico

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Not remotely anti-woman

Yes, one of the leading women turns out to be manipulative and appalling, but the woman at the restaurant and the woman who runs the stand next door are almost saintly, and even the woman who turns to topless dancing turns out to have a considerable heart.

This is not remotely a portrait of all Latin women or men. It is a story about one fairly naive guy who undergoes a series of adventures in a land where he can't speak the language and emerges with new knowledge.

Some of it is funny, some of it is heartbreaking. If I have any criticism -- and it's not much of one -- it's that the end titles are way more sophisticated stylistically than the movie they follow, and so they don't quite match. Big criticism, yes? Other than that, it's fascinating to see a film a lot of which takes place in a New York that seems to be a parallel and largely unseen world to the one Anglos like me live in. The idea that New York contains entire cultures that co-exist without much contact is intriguing.