Stars
Michelle O'Quinn
Louis Arcella
Angelica Blandon
Pedro Capó
Raúl Castillo
Aldemar Correa
Margarita Rosa de Francisco
Peter De La Cruz
Ana de la Reguera
Alexander Forero
Writers
Jorge Franco Ramos
Juan Rendon
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Michelle O'Quinn | Character: Reina
Actor: Louis Arcella | Character: Ximeno
Actor: Angelica Blandon | Character: Reina
Actor: Pedro Capó | Character: Giovanny
Actor: Raúl Castillo | Character: Carlos
Actor: Aldemar Correa | Character: Marlon
Actor: Margarita Rosa de Francisco | Character: Raquel
Actor: Peter De La Cruz | Character: Milagro Family Member
Actor: Ana de la Reguera | Character: Milagros Valdez
Actor: Alexander Forero | Character: Mexican poyero
Actor: Tim Gallin | Character: Cop
Actor: Gina Hernandez | Character: Milagro Family Member
Actor: Germán Jaramillo | Character: Don Hernan
Actor: Stina Kalman | Character: Waitress
Actor: Ethen Lane | Character: Victor
Actor: John Leguizamo | Character: Roger Pena
Actor: Luis Carlos Londoño | Character: Mara sarvatrucha
Actor: Eli Massillon | Character: Menacing man in car
Actor: Chiko Mendez | Character: Los Simpaticos Guitarrist
Actor: Edward Steven Mesa | Character: Rehab Patient
Actor: Luis Fernando Munera | Character: Don Pastor
Actor: David Noreña | Character: Actor
Actor: Jesús Ochoa | Character: Mexicote driver
Actor: Loukas Papas | Character: Fernando
Actor: Panama Redd | Character: Menacing man in car
Actor: Federico Rivera | Character: Camilo
Actor: Eddie Rosado | Character: Los Simpaticos Conga Player
Actor: Julio Rueda | Character: Julian
Actor: Vicky Rueda | Character: La Calena
Actor: Indhira Serrano | Character: Madame Taylor
Actor: Ana María Sánchez | Character: Patricia
Actor: Lucho Velasco | Character: Asociado Guatemala
Actor: Bob Weston | Character: Cop
[Directors Group]
Name: Simon Brand | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Jorge Franco Ramos | Role: Writer
Name: Juan Rendon | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Sarah Black | Role: Producer
Name: Chris Bongirne | Role: Producer
Name: Santiago Diaz Oso | Role: Producer
Name: Ed Elbert | Role: Producer
Name: Isaac Lee | Role: Producer
Name: John Leguizamo | Role: Producer
Name: Luis Ortiz | Role: Producer
Name: Alex Pereira | Role: Producer
Name: Juan Rendon | Role: Producer
Name: Juan Santiago Rodriguez | Role: Producer
Name: Jonathan Sanger | Role: Producer
Name: Adriano Dalla Torre | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Angelo Milli | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Rafa Lluch | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Alberto de Toro | Role: Editor
[Casting Group]
Name: Carla Hool | Role: Casting Director
Name: Maria E. Nelson | Role: Casting Director
[Production Design Group]
Name: Miguel Ángel Álvarez | Role: Production Designer
[Art Direction Group]
Name: Gonzalo Cordoba | Role: Art Director
Name: Cristina Medina Trujillo | Role: Art Director
[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Cristina Medina Trujillo | Role: Set Decorator
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Sandra Camacho | Role: Costume Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: Persefone Karakosta | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Lora Scrignoli | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Olga Turrini Bernardoni | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Scott Wheeler | Role: Makeup Department
[Production Management]
Name: Ken Greenblatt | Role: Production Manager
Name: Arie Kowler | Role: Production Manager
Name: J.M. Logan | Role: Production Manager
Name: Hugo Vidarte | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Vladimir Durán | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Bruce Hall | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Manuel Hinojosa | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Felipe Jaramillo | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Jose Gilberto Molinari-Rosaly | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Santiago Mora | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Berenice Manjarrez Vericat | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Art Department]
Name: Cesar Felipe Cadena | Role: Art Department
Name: Maria Fernanda Daza Marin | Role: Art Department
Name: Laura Hyman | Role: Art Department
Name: Mandy Lamb | Role: Art Department
Name: Miles Michael | Role: Art Department
Name: Carlos Osorio | Role: Art Department
Name: Esperanza Pulido | Role: Art Department
Name: Rodrigo Quintero | Role: Art Department
Name: Joel Resnikoff | Role: Art Department
Name: Victor San Andrés | Role: Art Department
Name: Francisco Suarez Naranjo | Role: Art Department
Name: Daniel Villada | Role: Art Department
Name: Meg Vinson | Role: Art Department
[Sound Department]
Name: Bob Bryan | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Chalfant | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lorita de la Cerna | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rickley W. Dumm | Role: Sound Department
Name: Diego Gat | Role: Sound Department
Name: Alejandro Gomez Upegui | Role: Sound Department
Name: Martín Grignaschi | Role: Sound Department
Name: Vincent Guisetti | Role: Sound Department
Name: David Mann | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Sember | Role: Sound Department
Name: Juan Diego Sánchez | Role: Sound Department
[Special Effects]
Name: Andres-Valencia | Role: Special Effects
[Visual Effects]
Name: Ron Barr | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Robert Chapin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Shannon Blake Gans | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Leigh-Alexandra Jacob | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Jeffrey Jasper | Role: Visual Effects
Name: David Lebensfeld | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Jennifer Middleton | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Matthew Poliquin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Michael Theurer | Role: Visual Effects
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Abraham Altbuch | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michael Arisohn | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Juan Manuel Barreto | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Wylda Bayron | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nicola Benizzi | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Adam Benlifer | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andres Bermudez | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Oriol Busquets | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Valentina Caniglia | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mike Castro | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dylan Crawshay-Williams | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Erik DeGroot | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rob Harlow | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jarrod Kloiber | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Daniel Luebke | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Adam Lukens | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Kim Marcelino | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hugo Ortiz | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michele SchianodiCola | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mauricio Vidal | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Casting Department]
Name: Rodrigo Urbano | Role: Casting Department
[Editorial Department]
Name: Ron Barr | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Philip Beckner | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Myke Dixon | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Ricardo Javier | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Oscar Velasquez | Role: Editorial Department
[Location Management]
Name: Bernardo Acosta | Role: Location Management
Name: Matthew Chilsen | Role: Location Management
Name: Scott Ferlisi | Role: Location Management
Name: Trish Gray | Role: Location Management
Name: Adam S. Poswolsky | Role: Location Management
Name: Jennifer Quesenbery | Role: Location Management
[Music Department]
Name: Lynn Fainchtein | Role: Music Department
Name: Angelo Milli | Role: Music Department
Name: Jay Weisleder | Role: Music Department
[Production Department]
Name: Shannon Bae | Role: Production Department
Name: Jesse Beller | Role: Production Department
Name: Robyn K. Bennett | Role: Production Department
Name: Miguel Cuadros | Role: Production Department
Name: Anthony Lote | Role: Production Department
[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Andrea Álvarez Sánchez | Role: Script and Continuity Department
[Transportation Department]
Name: Miguel Cuadros | Role: Transportation Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: Steev Beeson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Brian Cantaldi | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael Cioni | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Michael Cory | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Robert Curreri | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lindsey Diaz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: James Hinton | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Cristian Robert Rico | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ryan Vega | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lance Spindler | Role: Additional Crew
[Thanks]
Name: Rodrigo Guerrero | Role: Thanks
Trailers
Paraiso Travel | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1547698713/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi1547698713/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1563750983117.mp4?Expires=1788480810&Signature=QkaH8twDC~ih5aEmkabTuY-wrMnhmeqiy49vD2GtdvYYTNmsJ5vvKUnHJquAarrf7YnhdzxYkuDN6FUMzb5bYW~hxH8jA7Nmlq8Z9Vi~YWIME0L6bEN1seLEXvQ~Xgi7fCt6b1gKfODxovZJXH3hOuZXumHYeKgacijiltZcbsq2qBRag2AcZ96Jzk0kINhllARDodsrg~lPP61D-0Mz1982Y2V5RC5NCWSm09krIucGr0lBs2Tng~bHXoD8b5XuU9VnFaVnXw7oxmYhrdyhyuuyJbzLWUF2LAvTFLrDrZz1lVbaKgsYiAu0O-cDbyWFSqALisFIXh1nwHRq78M7pQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA
Release Schedule
Colombia: January 18, 2008
United States: October 23, 2008 (Chicago International Film Festival)
Mexico: April 24, 2009
Spain: April 30, 2009
United States: July 10, 2009
Hungary: May 23, 2010 (TV premiere)
Poland: November 12, 2010
Awards
Winner | 2008 | Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival | Audience Award | Best Film | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival | Jury Award | Best Film | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | Huelva Latin American Film Festival | Audience Award | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2009 | San Diego Latino Film Festival | Corazon Award | Narrative Feature | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | San Francisco Bay Area International Latino Film Festival | Audience Award | Narrative feature | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Audience Award | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival | Jury Award | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | San Diego Latino Film Festival | Corazon Award | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | San Francisco Bay Area International Latino Film Festival | Audience Award | Simon Brand, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Audience Award | Favorite Foreign Feature | Simon Brand, Alex Pereira, Paraiso Travel
Winner | 2008 | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Audience Award | Favorite American Indie Feature | Simon Brand, Alex Pereira, Paraiso Travel
Box Office
Spain: USD 68767
Mexico: USD 60046
Period: Jun 19 – 21, 2009 | Rank: 64 | Weeks in release: 8 | Theaters: 1 | Gross to date: USD 68767 | Interval gross: USD 163 | Per theater average: USD 163
Period: Jun 12 – 14, 2009 | Rank: 57 | Weeks in release: 7 | Theaters: 3 | Gross to date: USD 68356 | Interval gross: USD 622 | Per theater average: USD 207
Period: Jun 5 – 7, 2009 | Rank: 42 | Weeks in release: 6 | Theaters: 5 | Gross to date: USD 66926 | Interval gross: USD 2209 | Per theater average: USD 441
Period: May 29 – 31, 2009 | Rank: 64 | Weeks in release: 5 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 62222 | Interval gross: USD 594 | Per theater average: USD 99
Period: May 22 – 24, 2009 | Rank: 55 | Weeks in release: 4 | Theaters: 6 | Gross to date: USD 61021 | Interval gross: USD 1025 | Per theater average: USD 170
Period: May 15 – 17, 2009 | Rank: 44 | Weeks in release: 3 | Theaters: 5 | Gross to date: USD 58366 | Interval gross: USD 2465 | Per theater average: USD 493
Period: May 8 – 10, 2009 | Rank: 30 | Weeks in release: 2 | Theaters: 27 | Gross to date: USD 52410 | Interval gross: USD 11904 | Per theater average: USD 440
Period: May 1 – 3, 2009 | Rank: 27 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 25 | Gross to date: USD 32237 | Interval gross: USD 29008 | Per theater average: USD 1160