Paraíso Travel

Paraíso Travel is a Colombian telenovela that premiered on RCN Televisión on 29 January 2018, and concluded on 4 May 2018 based on the book of the same name by the Colombian author Jorge Franco.^[1][3] It stars Laura Londoño and Sebastián Eslava as the titular's character.^[4]

Paraíso Travel
Genre	Telenovela
Based on	Paraíso Travel by Jorge Franco
Starring	Laura Londoño Sebastián Eslava
Country of origin	Colombia
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	72
Production
Production locations	Medellín, Colombia[1] New York City, United States Caracas, Venezuela Guadalajara, Mexico
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production companies	RCN Televisión Sony Pictures Television
Original release
Network	RCN Televisión
Release	29 January (2018-01-29) – 4 May 2018 (2018-05-04)[2]
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Synopsis

This series tells the story of Reina Acuña a young beautiful Colombian girl that after receives a phone call from her mother, Raquel Zuluaga, she starts looking for her in the streets of Medellín, just to find out that the women has fled to New York to die in the north.

Reina boards a new journey to the States that leads her to deal with more than a couple complicated situations while looking for her mom, such as having her visa rejected and getting in touch with an illegal migration agencie called Paraíso Travel. Through her travels she will walk into the abyss of moral borders, willing to do whatever it takes to fulfil her dreams and goals, which have no boundaries.

Themes

This RCN's production relates to the American Dream from a Colombian perspective, to approach themes such as love, family, friends and couples. The joys, sadness and hazards of Paraíso Travel have the streets and venues of Medellín and New York City as a stage.^[5]

The series is based in the homonymous novel by Jorge Franco as well as the 2008 movie by Simón Brand, whose soundtrack was composed by the Colombian singer and song writer Fonseca. The story covers the unreal day by day choices an immigrant has to make in order to achieve their dreams in the United States.

Cast

• Laura Londoño as Reina Acuña
• Sebastián Eslava as Marlon Cruz
• Juan Diego Sánchez as Lucas^[6]
• Katherine Vélez as Raquel Zuluaga
• Cristian Tappan as Gonzalo Acuña
• Juan Pablo Posada as Iván
• Michel Guillo as Giovanny
• Lucho Velasco as Victor
• Mario Parra as Pastor
• Sandra Reyes as Cecilia
• Julio Sánchez as Ramón Cruz
• Carlos Kajú as Paco
• Aída Morales as Fabiola
• Marcela Benjumea as Leonor
• Nadia Rowinsky as La Caleña
• Adriana Osorio as Patricia
• Juana Arboleda as Maritza
• Carlos Congote as Jeremy
• Fiona Horsey as DEA Agent: Demi
• Fernando Arévalo as Guillermo
• Alexis Calvo as El Enano
• Mauricio Gonzalez as DEA Agent: Alex
• Franártur Duque as Bellhop
• Adriana Silva as Adriana
• Vilma Vera as Sonia Ríos