★★★★☆ Once in a while, a thoroughly decent feature will inexplicably slip through the distribution net and find itself unceremoniously dumped onto home video with little promotion or fanfare. Artificial Paradises (not to be confused with the 2011 Mexican feature of the same name) is one of those films. It doesn't help that it's being marketed as a drug-smuggling drama, either. In reality, this element is barely touched upon (the trailer gives the impression it's some kind of sweaty-palmed, downbeat Midnight Express-like effort). There are darker elements inherent in the film, but it's counterbalanced by a sexy and sensual vibe.
With a story that cuts back and forth over the span of several years, we first meet Nando (Luca Bianchi) fresh out of prison and trying to reconnect with his family and younger brother Lipe (Cesar Cardadeiro). The film then switches between the years before Nando's incarceration, where he meets and...
With a story that cuts back and forth over the span of several years, we first meet Nando (Luca Bianchi) fresh out of prison and trying to reconnect with his family and younger brother Lipe (Cesar Cardadeiro). The film then switches between the years before Nando's incarceration, where he meets and...
- 9/3/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
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