Ashes of Paradise (1997)

Original title

Cenizas del paraíso

Directed by

Marcelo Piñeyro

Genre

drama film

Country

Argentina

Runtime

2h 20m

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A judge and his three adult sons see their close family bond destroyed by secrets and accusations. Flashbacks reveal how loyalty and trust turned into betrayal and suspicion.

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What happens

Ashes of Paradise (Spanish: Cenizas del paraíso) is a 1997 Argentine crime drama film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. It tells in flashbacks how the untroubled private happiness of a family – a judge and his three grown-up sons – crumbles between loyalty and betrayal, blind trust and suspicions. The film won several awards, among them a renowned Goya Award, for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana). It was Argentina's official submission for the 1997 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination for the award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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