Ticket to paradise

Ticket to paradise

Original title: Boleto al paraíso
Production: Doce Gatos; Fundación Villa del Cine; Ibermedia; Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos (ICAIC); Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA); Loasur Audiovisual S.L.; Malas Compañías P.C. S.L.
Country: Cuba
Director: Gerardo Chijona
Script: Gerardo Chijona; Francisco García; Maykel Rodríguez Ponjuán
Photography: Raúl Pérez Ureta
Music: Edesio Alejandro
Cast: Miriel Cejas; Héctor Medina; Blanca Rosa Blanco; Laura De la Uz; Luis Alberto García; Dunia Hernandez; Fabián Mora; Ariadna Muñoz; Jorge Perugorría; Saray Vargas
Year: 2010
Duration: 88
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Original language: Spanish
Languages available: Spanish
Subtitles: English

Synopsis:

Eunice is a teenage girl who is running away from her father's sexual harassment. Alejandro is a young rocker who breaks into a drugstore and escapes to Havana with a couple of friends. When they meet on the road, they decide to travel together in search of a paradise. This will mark the rest of their lives.

Awards:

Winner of the Feature Film Trophy, at Cine Ceará - National Cinema Festival 2011: Best actor (Héctor Medina)

Winner of a Silver Biznaga, at Málaga Spanish Film Festival 2011: Best Latin American Film

Nominated to a Goya Award 2012: Best Iberoamerican Film

Nominated to the Grand Jury Prize, at Sundance Film Festival 2011: World Cinema - Dramatic