El Paraíso

Julius Cesar is almost 40 years old and still lives with his mother, a Colombian woman with a turbulent personality. They live as illegal immigrants on the outskirts of Rome. The pair share almost everything: a cottage by the river, memories of the past, the small amount of money they earn from a local drug dealer and a passion for evenings of salsa and merengue. An existence on the margins that is at once symbiotic and oppressive, but also very loving. The precarious balance threatens to be upset by the arrival of Ines, a young Colombian who has just made her first trip as a cocaine mule. Between desire and jealousy, the situation quickly spirals out of control, to the point where Julio will have to take drastic measures on a painful journey that will take him to his native Colombia for the first time.