One ticket to paradise please!
Boleta al Paraiso (Ticket to Paradise)
dir by Gerardo Chijona
The only Cuban film at this year’s festival, Ticket to Paradise is a difficult to describe. A group of wayward Cuban youths, led by the deliciously jailbait Alejandro, are left to fend for themselves on the streets of Havana. Alejandro figures out a way to get the group three square meals a day, free room and board, and all the comforts of home. His brilliant plan? To contract HIV and get into the government subsidized hospital. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes infuriating, this movie exposes a dark street logic that is not always comfortable to look at.
