A Paradise Under the Stars

Plot

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, Rovi

Cast

• Alicia Bustamante - Josefa
• Vladimir Cruz - Sergito
• Daisy Granados - Mabel
• Thais Valdes - Sissy

Enrique Molina - Candido; Amparo Muñoz - Olivia; Litico Rodriguez - Promedio; Luis Alberto Garcia; Santiago Alfonso

Credit

Erick Grass - Art Director, Gerardo Chijona - Director, Rori Sainz de Rozas - Editor, Avelio Delgado - Executive Producer, Jose Maria Vitier - Composer (Music Score), Raul Perez Ureta - Cinematographer, Camilo Vives - Producer, Jose Maria Morales - Producer, Carlos Faruolo - Sound/Sound Designer, Carlos Fernandez - Sound/Sound Designer, Senal Paz - Screenwriter, Gerardo Chijona - Screenwriter

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