Paraísos artificiales

  • 90'
  • Mexico
  • 2011
Luisa - 25 and addicted to 'chiva' (heroin) - retires to a hotel by the sea near Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico. During her stay - for more than a week - she meets the old, mysterious, heavy-duty cannabis user Salomon, in whom she thinks she recognises a fellow soul. A bond develops between the two of them.
Artificial Paradises, named after an anthology by the French poet Baudelaire from 1860, is a melodrama imbued with drugs and drink. Not much is explained: dialogues are scarce (although there is a bit of singing). The young Mexican director Yulene Olaizola, who had previously made short films and documentaries, tells her story with very atmospheric images. The photography is beautiful, although the landscape is not the Veracruz from holiday folders. The film was completed with a contribution from the Hubert Bals Fund.

  • 90'
  • Mexico
  • 2011
Director
Yulene Olaizola
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Mexico
Year
2011
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
90'
Medium
HDcam
International title
Artificial Paradises
Language
Spanish
Producers
Sandra Gómez, Maximiliano Cruz, Yulene Olaizola, Antonio tonitzin Gómez
Production Company
Interior13 Cine
Sales
Interior13 Cine
Screenplay
Fernando del Razo, Yulene Olaizola
Cinematography
Lisa Tillinger
Editor
Ruben Imaz
Production Design
Sandra Gómez
Sound Design
Federico González Jordán
Music
Emiliano Motta, Emiliano González de León
Cast
Luisa Pardo
Local Distributor
Hubert Bals Fund
Website
http://www.interior13.com/en/pelicula/artificial-paradises
Director
Yulene Olaizola
Premiere
World premiere
Country of production
Mexico
Year
2011
Festival Edition
IFFR 2011
Length
90'
Medium
HDcam
International title
Artificial Paradises
Language
Spanish
Producers
Sandra Gómez, Maximiliano Cruz, Yulene Olaizola, Antonio tonitzin Gómez
Production Company
Interior13 Cine
Sales
Interior13 Cine
Screenplay
Fernando del Razo, Yulene Olaizola
Cinematography
Lisa Tillinger
Editor
Ruben Imaz
Production Design
Sandra Gómez
Sound Design
Federico González Jordán
Music
Emiliano Motta, Emiliano González de León
Cast
Luisa Pardo
Local Distributor
Hubert Bals Fund
Website
http://www.interior13.com/en/pelicula/artificial-paradises