Paraiso Blanco de Caracol y ViX
ViX announced that the series Paraíso Blanco, produced by Caracol Televisión, will premiere exclusively on July 20 on the service’s premium plan.
Paraíso Blanco tells the story, past and present, of the mastermind who changed drug trafficking forever when he decided to buy an island 340 kilometers off the coast of Florida in the 1970s. A half-Colombian, half-German, 100% rockstar man whose goal was to flood the world with cocaine, becoming the first Colombian drug trafficker to be extradited to the United States.
“Paraíso Blanco is one more example of how we are telling local and relevant stories in and from Colombia. This series will offer a different take on the early days in the criminal world of one of the most powerful drug traffickers in history, Carlos Lehder. Shot on international locations, Paraíso Blanco is a story with action, romance, drama, and a lot of adrenaline that will take viewers on a journey of never-before-told details,” said Vincenzo Gratteri, ViX’s SVP of Development.
With locations in New York, Miami, and Cartagena, among others, the series will feature renowned actor Sebastián Osorio as Carlos Lehder. The powerful cast will include Polish actor Michal Malinowsky, Camila Bordon, Laura Rodríguez, Andrés Echavarria, Andrés Castañeda, LinaTejeiro, Mijail Mulkay, Cecilia Navia, Variel Sánchez, César Álvarez and Juan Carlos Ortega.
Amparo Gutiérrez, production manager of Caracol Televisión and executive producer of the series, said, “Paraíso Blanco more than a great production, is the effort, the dreams, the lack of sleep and the passion of each of the people who were part of an ideal team. Paraíso Blanco represents the overcoming of the difficult task of reviving the life of Carlos Lehder. An undertaking that shook our bones as we followed the steps that a brilliant and audacious man took to become the dark but historic figure that Lehder represents. It is impressive how the story, however crude it may be, allowed us to find the value of resilience of all those who faced a fearsome villain, as well as to understand those moments that turned a once innocent child into a demon.”
Amparo Gutiérrez and Dago García are in charge of the executive production of the series and it is directed by Juan Carlos Vásquez and Carlos Andrés Villamizar. Paraíso Blanco is recreated in the 70’s and 80’s, with a colorful and striking costume design, and art direction by the renowned Diego Guarnizo.
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