Format: 16:9 PAL DVD 9 All Regions / region free, Age: 0 Y.

Sound: Dolby 5.1, Dolby SR 2.0 / Spanisch with following

Subtitles.: German, English, Français, Romanian, Hungarian.

PARAISO - CD soundtrack (debut album)

Oh, these Cubans! Whoever expects well-known salsa sounds from Madera Limpia (“pure wood”), though, is in for a surprise. Because the debut album, the soundtrack to the film “Paraiso”, not only uncovers our yearnings and waters the purest lust for life: the band from Guantanamo reinvents itself vigorously time and time again by mixing the traditional Changuy with their own hip-hop and reggae motifs. Their sound is modern and timeless at the same time. Their lyrics describe the hard everyday life in the hot East of the island: Sueno Canino: “… Last night I dreamt of an upside-down world, I thought I was a dog, but a dog is a dog. He lives without worries and feels no sorrow…” , the all-encompassing boredom: Verdad Global "everything’s more real.
I try to express my truth, only my global truth, feeling things that block my neurons. My self-esteem is on the ground, I repeat, it makes me sick, I’m in a hole, and please, God, help me get my feet back on the floor, so I can get there... I’m so bored...deadly boredom...”, or going back to the roots: Son de Nuevo Tipo: “…Let go off the crutch and the cane, and you can dance. My new ‘son’, it’s so rich. I want to spread it across the world in one second, listen to it!…” For Yasel, the leader of Madera Limpia, love and betrayal are two other major themes. He assumes the role of a wood seller and courts a beautiful woman with ambiguous allusions: La Lena – “…I bring you timber, for you, lady; I bring you cheap timber. Dry and hard timber, good to keep your fire going for hours, it produces less smoke and ashes, the perfect fit for your oven..” or sings his passion confidently in Loco por Comerte – „... Girl, I’m dying to eat you
dying to take a bite off you, have you. Give me a chance to make you feel differently.I want to give you the chance that many have been denied. Many love me. I’m hot bread, honey, those who try me don’t discard me…”.
One can hear short excerpts from the film PARAISO between the Madera Limpia songs, like for example the engine of Rafael’s old Chevrolet chugging through the streets of Guantanamo, which seems to be chugging its last around every corner; or the folk song that Yasel and his uncle sing from one hill to the other in Yateras.
The PARAISO soundtrack is Madera Limpia’s first album, so it can also be enjoyed on its own. Through its uncommon poetry and departure from clichés, the film uncovers the roots of everyday life in Cuba, looks people straight in the eye and catches a strand of present-day life, which inspires our yearnings.

P A R A I S O - DVD

Paraiso zeigt eine Ursprünglichkeit, getragen von starker Energie, und ein authentisches Lebensgefühl bei Menschen, die beständig existenziellen Problemen ausgesetzt sind; und er erzählt von Menschen, die nicht frei über ihr Leben bestimmen können, und doch eine beneidenswerte innere Freiheit haben. Durch die Verflechtung von Musik (eine gelungene Mischung zwischen dem traditionellen Changúi und HipHop), Stimmungen und Aussagen wird die Geschichte der Band Madera Limpia erzählt.

Die DVD von Paraiso enhält zusätzlich folgende Extras:
• Kinotrailer (englisch/deutsch)
• Zusätzliche Szenen (Babalau, Friseur, David, Mendez, Musikschule, Indios, Markt, Karneval)
• Behind the Scenes (Team, Musikstudio, Baseball, Proberaum)
• 10 Musik-Videos von Madera Limpia

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