Artificial Paradises

May 4, 2012

1h 39m

★ 6.3

A story of love and ecstasy

Overview

Artificial Paradises tells the story of Nando and Erika, two young people in their twenties who meet several times without noticing. It tells the story of the subculture of electronic music and rave parties and drugs like MDMA.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Zazen Produções

Globo Filmes

Artificial Paradises Trailers

Cast

Érika

Nathalia Dill

Nando

Luca Bianchi

Patrick

Bernardo Barreto

Lara

Lívia de Bueno

Lipe

César Cardadeiro

Mark

Roney Villela

Márcia

Divana Brandão

Anderson

Cadu Fávero

Mouse

Emílio Orciollo Netto

Carlão

Erom Cordeiro

Cornelius

Mathias Gottfried

Yan Cassali

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