Boleto al paraíso : una historia inspirada en hechos reales /
English title: Ticket to paradise
El Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industrias Cinematográficos, Malas Compañías P.C., S.L., Fundación Villa del Cine presentan ; una película de Gerardo Chijona ; dirección, Gerardo Chijona ; argumento, Francisco García, Gerardo Chijona ; guión, Francisco García, Gerardo Chijona, Maykel Rodríguez.
, Cuba
- 1 online resource (1 video file (88 min.)) : sound, color.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2010. Inspired by testimonials from "SIDA : Confesiones a un médico" by Jorge Pérez Ávila.
Miriel Cejas, Héctor Medina, Dunia Matos, Saray Vargas, Fabián Mora, Ariadna Núñez, Luis Alberto García, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Jorge Perugorría, Alberto Pujol, Enrique Molina, Laura de la Uz.
A drama which takes an unflinching look at one especially grim phenomenon of the "Special Period" in the early 1990s: young people who, having no other resources, deliberately infected themselves with AIDS to secure food and shelter at state-run sanatoriums.
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Winner of the Feature Film Trophy, at Cine Ceará - National Cinema Festival 2011: Best actor (Héctor Medina) Winner of a Silver Biznaga, at Málaga Spanish Film Festival 2011: Best Latin American Film
AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Cuba--Drama. Youth--Social conditions--Cuba--Drama. AIDS (Disease)--Cuba--Drama.