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Ashes of Paradise is a film of genre Drama with Héctor Alterio
Ashes of Paradise (1997)
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Add to a movie listAshes of Paradise (Spanish: Cenizas del Paraíso) is a 1997 Argentine film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. It tells in flashbacks how the untroubled private happiness of a family – a judge and his three grown-up sons – crumbles between loyalty and betrayal, blind trust and suspicions.
The film won several awards, among them a renowned Goya Award, for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana). It was Argentina's official submission for the 1997 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination for the award.
Synopsis
The film opens with the fall of the respected judge Costa Makantasis (Héctor Alterio) from the Federal Courthouse. Next, his oldest son Pablo (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is seen dragging the body of young and beautiful Ana Muro (Leticia Brédice) through the house in which he lives with his two younger brothers.Actors
Héctor Alterio
(Judge Costa Makantasis)
Cecilia Roth
(Juez Beatriz Teller)
Leonardo Sbaraglia
(Pablo Makantasis)
Leticia Brédice
(Ana Muro)
Isabel Macedo
(Woman at Party)
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