Ticket to Paradise (2011 film)

Ticket to Paradise (Spanish: Boleto al paraíso) is a 2011 drama film written and directed by Gerardo Chijona.^[3][4] The film won the Havana Star Prize for Best Film (Fiction) at the 12th annual Havana Film Festival New York.^[5]

Ticket to Paradise
Film poster
Spanish	Boleto al paraíso
Directed by	Gerardo Chijona
Written by	Francisco García Gerardo Chijona Maykel Rodríguez
Produced by	Camilo Vives Antonio Hens José Antonio Varela
Starring	Miriel Cejas Héctor Medina Luis Alberto García Jorge Perugorría
Cinematography	Raúl Pérez Ureta
Edited by	Miriam Talavera
Music by	Edesio Alejandro
Production companies	ICAIC Malas Compañías PC
Release dates	January 2011 (2011-01) (Sundance)[1] 28 October 2011 (2011-10-28) (Spain)[2]
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Cuba Spain Venezuela
Language	Spanish

Plot

The plot is set in Cuba around 1993, tracking the struggles of neglected young people amid the economic hardships of the Special Period.^[6][7]

Cast

• Miriel Cejas [es] as Eunice^[6]
• Héctor Medina as Alejandro^[7]
• Luis Alberto García [es] as Armando^[6]
• Jorge Perugorría as Rensoli^[8]

Production

The film is a Cuban-Spanish-Venezuelan co-production by ICAIC and Malas Compañías PC in association with Loasur Audiovisual and 12 Gatos.^[9][6]

Release

The film was presented at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in January 2011.^[10] It also screened at the 14th Málaga Film Festival in March 2011.^[11]

Reception

John Anderson of Variety deemed the film to be "memorable, honest and unforgettable drama".^[6]

Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter assessed that the film "never quite gels despite absorbing storyline".^[7]

See also

• List of Cuban films
• List of Spanish films of 2011