Escobar: Paradise Lost

Escobar: Paradise Lost
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAndrea Di Stefano
Written byAndrea Di Stefano
Produced byFrederique Dumas
Dimitri Rassam
Jerome Seydoux[1]
Starring
CinematographyLuis David Sansans
Edited byDavid Brenner
Maryline Monthieux
Music byMax Richter
Production
companies
Chapter 2
Nexus Factory
Pathé
Roxbury Pictures
uFilm
Distributed byPathé Distribution (France and Switzerland)[2]
Entertainment One (Spain)[2][3]
Release dates
  • September 11, 2014 (2014-09-11) (TIFF)
  • November 5, 2014 (2014-11-05) (France)
  • June 26, 2015 (2015-06-26) (United States)
Running time
120 minutes[4]
CountriesFrance
Spain
[2]
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish
Box office$3.8 million[3]

Escobar: Paradise Lost (also known as Paradise Lost) is a 2014 romantic thriller film written and directed by Andrea Di Stefano[5][6] 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.[7]

RADiUS-TWC acquired the North American distribution rights of the film in February 2014.[8][9] 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.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Silas Lesnick (December 17, 2012). "Josh Hutcherson Joins Paradise Lost". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Escobar: Paradise Lost (2013)".
  3. ^ a b "Escobar: Paradise Lost". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. ^ "ESCOBAR: PARADISE LOST (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "First Pictures of Benicio del Toro in 'Escobar - Paradise Lost' with Josh Hutcherson". ropeofsilicon.com. August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  6. ^ "Josh Hutcherson Can't Escape Pablo Escobar in 'Paradise Lost' Trailer (Video)". TheWrap. July 15, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  7. ^ "First look at Benicio Del Toro as Pablo Escobar in 'Paradise Lost'". NME. July 16, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  8. ^ Mike Fleming Jr (February 11, 2014). "Berlin: Radius-TWC Pays $2 Million For Pablo Escobar Pic 'Paradise Lost'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
  9. ^ Rebecca Ford (February 11, 2014). "Berlin: Radius-TWC Nabs Pablo Escobar Film 'Paradise Lost' for North America". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 21, 2014.