Café Paraíso
New York Premiere

Café Paraíso

Shorts in Competition: Narrative
| Mexico | 11 MINUTES | Spanish, English
Drama
Two Mexican immigrants work as cooks at the Café Paraíso. While preparing an endless array of dishes, the youngest rehearses his heroic resignation, through which he hopes to regain his youth and dignity and even win the love of a waitress. But things aren't as they seem at the Café Paraíso, where reality becomes fiction and fiction reality.
Cast & Credits
Directed by
Alonso Ruizpalacios and Alonso Ruizpalacios
Producer
Patricia Coronado
Editor
Juan Manuel Figueroa
Director of Photography
Damian García
Screenwriter
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Music by
Tomás Barreiro
Freddie Stevenson
Director
Alonso Ruizpalacios
Primary Cast
Tenoch Huerta
José Sefami
Sophie Alexander-Katz
Enrique Arreola
Sound Design
Pablo Fernández
Contacts
Producer
Patricia Coronado
Insurgentes Sur 674, 2nd floor, Del Valle Mexico, 03100
Phone: (5255) 54485339
difuinte@imcine.gob.mx
Print Source
Alejandro Díaz
Mexican Film Institute
Insurgentes Sur 674, 2nd floor, Del Valle Mexico City, 03100
Phone: 5255 5448 5345
difuinte@imcine.gob.mx

Note: This film will screen as part of the Shorts: Means to an End program.

 

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