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2011 | Color | 83 min 0 seg

Artificial Paradises is about the encounter between Luisa and Salomon, who discover that by consuming drugs they can break free from their own reality. Through their life stories, this film reflects on our need to search for ?paradises? that make us feel better.


Country: México
Direction: Olaizola; Yulene
Script: del Razo; Fernando, Olaizola; Yulene
Production: Cruz; Maximiliano, Gómez; Sandra, Olaizola; Yulene
Photography: Tillinger; Lisa
Sound: González Jordán; Federico
Music: González de León; Emiliano, Motta; Emiliano
Cast:Pardo; Luisa, Hernández; Salomón
Participation year at FICM: 2011

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