Silencio en el paraíso (2011) Reviews

• good intentions, bad execution

  tsimshotsui2017-03-28

  *sigh* I very much sympathize with what director Colbert Garcia was trying to accomplish here, especially the ending that he was trying to spread knowledge about and arrive at. That ending and the truth that comes with it is extremely affecting and shocking (for those who are unaware of it) that I really wish the film had built up to it way better than it did. The description offered is also misleading. The film is definitely just about Ronald (played by Francisco Bolívar, who is charming in the beginning), who advertises for shops around Paraiso on his bike and megaphone. His creativity and wit with the advertisements is one of the high points of the film. The romance wasn't very convincing. I definitely would have wanted to see and get to know Lady more. The more prominent female character is sadly not listed in the cast list here, but she and her relationship with Ronald is what moves the story forward. Acting was just okay. For a first feature, the director really needed to be more concise, and more sure of the story he was trying to tell.

• One of the recent worst chapters of human rights violation in Colombia

  freya-politologa2018-11-09

  It's been long since I cried watching a movie. 'Silence in Paradise' is based in real events happening during government of former president Alvaro Uribe, who by the way should be prosecuted by the International Court. The situations portrayed are real and a true image of the poor young men in Colombia. A movie you should watch with guts and a handkerchief. Every colombian who still thinks peace was a gift to guerrillas and it shouldn't exist, might think twice after watching the film why deceit, corruption and poverty are the worst violence of all.