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Un paraíso bajo las estrellas (2000)
Hilarious!
Just discovered this gem of a movie and laughed all the way through. Litico Rodriguez (Promedio) stole the whole damn show. This movie isn't to be over analyzed but enjoyed for it's cheesy humor, erotic atmosphere, and it's crazy plot. Enrique Molina (Candido) is so brilliant as the crazed father, he actually made me nervous in just about every seen he appeared in. Good acting and lots of laughs "Paradise Under the Stars" or "Un Paraíso bajo las estrellas" is a very worth seeing film.
Gerardo Chijona directs this screwball comedy hailing from Cuba. Macho truck driver Candido (Enrique Molina) forbids his drop-dead gorgeous daughter Sissy (Thais Valdes) to become a dancer at Havana's hippest club, the Tropicana, though she does so anyway. On the job, Candido accidentally smashes into hunky biker Sergito (Vladimir Cruz) who has a star-shaped mole on his butt, just like Candido. Out of guilt, he brings Sergito home to recuperate. Though Sissy is more than delighted at having this injured Adonis lollygagging about the house, Candido's buddy Promedio (Litico Rodriguez) fears a potential sexual encounter. As all of this is going on, Candido's arch-nemesis Armando (Santiago Alfonso), a choreographer at the Tropicana, tries to strike vengeance by seducing Sissy. When she rebuffs the creep, she is demoted to chorus girl. As the film progresses, subplots are layered upon subplots until the film's delirious denouement. Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide