There will be an in-person screening and the film is also available on a virtual platform

Date: Friday, September 25

Time: 4:00 PM

Location: UCF/Main Campus/ Visual Arts Building, Room 132

 View on the Virtual Platform: One week streaming from 9/26/ to 10/2

Trailer: Almost Paradise

SYPNOSIS

Spanish, Italian, English, with English subtitles

With Andrea Arcangeli, Karol Sevilla, Miguel Rodarte, Esmeralda Pimentel

What happens when a charismatic Italian “count” and social media influencer crashes Mexico’s high society?

Almost Paradise stands out as one of the most incisive and entertaining Mexican comedies of recent years. Based on Luis Spota’s classic satirical novel, the film reimagines its story for the contemporary world of Instagram fame and viral scandals.

Meet Ugo Conti: aristocrat, influencer, and master of reinvention. He arrives in Mexico and effortlessly seduces the country’s elite with impeccable style and European sophistication, becoming the ultimate symbol of malinchismo—the fascination with all things foreign—while exposing entrenched elitism and corruption with delicious irony.

But when he reunites with Frida Becker, the love of his past, Ugo is drawn into a dangerous struggle for political power. Once his secret is revealed, the same circles that once idolized him turn against him with ruthless efficiency.