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Paradise Lost (2014)

Paradise Lost poster
Original title
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Directed by
Andrea Di Stefano
Genre
thriller film
Country
France, Belgium, Spain
Runtime
2h
Rated
PG-13
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 820 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A surfer moves to Colombia to work with his brother and falls in love. He later discovers that his girlfriend's uncle is the notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar.

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What happens

Escobar: Paradise Lost (also known as Paradise Lost) is a 2014 romantic thriller film written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano in his directorial debut. The film chronicles the life of a surfer who falls in love while working with his brother in Colombia and finds out that the girl's uncle is Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. RADiUS-TWC acquired the North American distribution rights of the film in February 2014. The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2014 and had a limited release in the United States on June 26, 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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