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ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST

by Andrea Di Stefano

synopsis

Told from the perspective of Nick, an innocent surfer from Canada, Escobar: Paradise Lost unfolds during the final years of Escobar's reign. Nick and his brother Dylan set up a modest surfing retreat near Medellin, where Nick meets the woman of his dreams, Maria, who is busy campaigning for her politician uncle. That uncle turns out to be Pablo, who invites Nick to a party at his "cottage," a sprawling, Xanadu-like jungle fortress. When he hears of the trouble Nick and Dylan are having with some local thugs, Pablo vows to "take care of it." The thugs turn up dead, and suddenly Nick finds himself immersed in a world of wild extravagance, corruption and bloodshed — one he will find nearly impossible to escape.

international title: Escobar: Paradise Lost
original title: Escobar: Paradise Lost
country: France, Spain, Belgium
sales agent: Pathé International
year: 2014
genre: fiction
directed by: Andrea Di Stefano
film run: 120'
release date: ES 15/10/2014, FR 05/11/2014, ES 14/11/2014, BE 10/12/2014, EE 19/12/2014, LT 02/01/2015, DE 09/07/2015, IT 25/08/2016
screenplay: Andrea Di Stefano
cast: Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac
cinematography by: Luis Sansans
film editing: Maryline Monthieux, David Brenner
art director: Carlos Conti
producer: Dimitri Rassam, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Moritz Borman
production: Chapter 2, Pathé Films, Orange Studio, Roxbury Pictures
distributor: Pathé Distribution, Entertainment One - eOne Films Spain, Alamode Film, Alternative Films

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