Into Paradiso

Into Paradiso

2010 · 104 min · ★ 6.4 · Comedy

Alfonso is a Neapolitan scientist, shy, awkward and unemployed. Gayan is a former Sri Lankan cricket champion who is penniless, just arrived in Naples and convinced he will find Paradise. Vincenzo is a rising politician thanks also to recommendations, but things do not go as he would have hoped. In a multi-ethnic Naples, the destinies of these three characters intertwine, who find themselves sharing a shack built illegally on the roof of a building. This paradoxical situation will give rise to a hilarious cohabitation between the three and a partnership that will make them find the courage to face their own destiny, changing it forever.

Directed by Paola Randi · Written by Pietro Albino Di Pasquale

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Gianfelice Imparato Alfonso D'Onofrio
Saman Anthony Gayan
Peppe Servillo Vincenzo Cacace
Gianni Ferreri Colasanti
Eloma Ran Janz Giacinta
Diego Sepe
Gennaro Di Colandrea
Antonio Laurenti Sgherro
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