Ashes of Paradise

Ashes of Paradise
Directed byMarcelo Piñeyro
Written byAída Bortnik
Marcelo Piñeyro
Produced byMarcelo Pavan
StarringHéctor Alterio
Cecilia Roth
Leonardo Sbaraglia
Daniel Kuzniecka
Leticia Brédice
Nicolás Abeles
CinematographyAlfredo F. Mayo
Edited byJuan Carlos Macías
Music byOsvaldo Montes
Production
companies
Artear
Patagonik Film Group
Promofilm S.A.
Distributed byBuena Vista International
Release date
  • 7 August 1997 (1997-08-07)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Ashes of Paradise (Spanish: Cenizas del paraíso) is a 1997 Argentine crime drama film directed by Marcelo Piñeyro. It tells in flashbacks how the untroubled private happiness of a family – a judge and his three grown-up sons – crumbles between loyalty and betrayal, blind trust and suspicions.

The film won several awards, among them a renowned Goya Award, for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera de Habla Hispana). It was Argentina's official submission for the 1997 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but did not receive a nomination for the award.