Review of Paraíso

Paraíso (2021–2022)
6/10
A fantasy suspense series set not in the future but back in the year of 1992 starred by an unknown cast of teens .
13 July 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The disappearance of three teenagers, presented in the style of the event that marked a generation : Alcàsser girls' crime , is the starting point for this juvenile story to be released in 2021 . Levante, 1992, end of summer in a town on the coast. Sandra, Eva and Malena , 15-year-old girls, disappear into a disco without a trace . This happening will only be the beginning of an adventure story where the Albufera or the Santa Pola amusement park are one more element .As the police doesn't seem to be looking on the right direction , so Javi (Pau Gimeno) , Sandra's little brother , starts an investigation with Quino (León Martínez) and Álvaro (Cristian López) , his best friends, and Zeta (Héctor Gozalbo) , the class bully. Together, and through a parallel universe , they find out that those who kidnapped the unfortunate girls are not of this world, but supernatural beings . In constant coming and going , the motley group of friends take on a lot of dangers and weird events until a twisted conclusion at a weird Spa.

This is a bizarre science fiction series with thrills , chills, chases , intrigue , noisy action and a puzzling mystery . This suspenseful series has everything : a lot of night , fantastic fights , indoor swimming pools ... It results to be a delirium of series , but displaying a great time . Original series starring Macarena García as a Guardia Civil investigating the events , and it recovers the spirit of the adventures at the time with a soundtrack featuring the hits of Mecano and OBK. Almanzora de la Vega setting is one of the main elements of Paraíso. In order to recreate the coast of the Valencian Community of the early nineties , writer/director Fernando González Molina has created a puzzle with twelve of his most popular destinations . As the film crew went crazy during the first half of 2020 to get the town that González Molina was looking for . As Almanzora is the result of adding 12 towns and two natural parks , in them they found the 95 locations .The shooting during 2020-2021 was complex and the pandemic had been a huge challenge because when the state of alarm arrived , they cut the troublesome filming in March and resumed it in July . After the four-month break, the team had to re-start the whole series due to the health protocols that limited the production. Complicated moments also had to prepare along the seven chapters of about an hour . Some of these moments came with the two thousand extras from Valencia and Alicante or the twelve towns in five weeks . Nice production design by Antón Laguna , that has given the director a lot of security . He had already worked in the artistic direction with him, among others , in ¨Palmeras en la Nieve¨, the work that earned him the Goya award in its category. At that time they started the filming on the location of north of the Valencia Community in Xilxes , Requena and Villargordo del Cabriel and then they went down the coast of Sueca, El Perelló, Oliva . From there they entered Alicante through Xàbia, Calpe, Altea , l'Alfàs del Pi and Benidorm until they reached Santa Pola. To add the construction of the exterior in the Paraíso nightclub , it is inspired in various clubs of the time and in which the influence of the Banana's dome can be appreciated . It is one of the key scenarios in the two initial episodes that have been shown to restricted spectators of Moviestar .

To these difficulties have to be added another , as the recreating of the 90s time , it was really complicated, that's why when a fiction is attached to your days and the memory is recent , it is more difficult . The motion picture was professionally directed by Fernando González Molina with certain visual ambition , though it has some flaws , gaps and disjointed narration . This Spanish filmmaker has made various box-office films , being his first big hit : ¨Tres metros sobre el cielo¨ (2010). And he also made the sequel : ¨Tengo Ganas De Ti¨ (2012) , in which ¨H¨ Mario Casas falls for a gorgeous dancer called Gin , Clara Lago , but he discovers again his first great love : Maria Valverde . He went on directing successes as the $13.5 million period drama "Palm Trees in the Snow" also with Mario Casas and a thriller , this ¨El Guardian Invisible¨ and the recently premeired , the sequel ¨Legado en los huesos¨ (2019) with Marta Etura again . And has made several TV series as ¨Luna , Misterio De Calenda¨ , ¨Bienvenidos Al Lolita¨ and ¨Los Hombres De Paco¨ .
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