Paradise Highway

2022 - 7 - 31

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Anna Gutto on why she had to direct Paradise Highway (Digital Trends)

Step into the world of truck driving with the new thriller, Paradise Highway. Academy-Award winner Juliette Binoche stars as Sally, a truck driver tasked ...

We talk about the scenes and sort of make sure that we all have a common understanding of what the scene is, what it wants to accomplish. So the reason to have the scene is we want to know that Layla makes a choice to be with Sally. She doesn’t just stay with Sally because she doesn’t have anywhere to go. That comes just as much from the actors as it comes from me. And it’s interesting because I always knew that I needed to have an actress to do this movie, who is Sally for what she becomes at the end of the movie. I sort of knew that she would be able to imagine herself in this character, which obviously, I wouldn’t even have wanted to have an actress who would have had an experience as close to this character. An actress who is good enough that she could put on all of the defenses and everything that Sally has had to put on in her life. Juliette really immersed herself, and I was very impressed with what she managed to do because she’s not an easy character. Yeah. True Grit definitely kind of came up in conversations when I was talking about the film and I love that film. Definitely. I knew from the start that I wanted to direct this movie because I am more of a director than a writer, even though I love writing and I am a writer. She was able to put on what Sally is at the beginning of the movie. I just find it great to see movies that I haven’t seen before and to see stories and characters that I haven’t seen a million times before. So it’s not like I always want to be in dark topics, but I do like topics that haven’t been exposed so much.

'Paradise Highway' Ending, Explained: What Happens To Leila And ... (Digital Mafia Talkies)

The action drama film "Paradise Highway," written and directed by debutant filmmaker Anna Gutto, follows a fairly well-known plot and focuses more on its.

Dennis asks what Leila can give Sally that he cannot, and what she owes to the little girl, to which Leila herself answers that she owes her nothing. Sally quickly understands that her brother was very much involved with the child traffickers, and he had told Claire of the entire plan—he and his sister would arrive with the girl and the money, and Sally would pay the money, and then Claire and his associate would rob her of the girl too, while Dennis would pretend that he was on Sally’s side. Although the brother is doubtful of her intentions at first, she mentions how she has sold off her trailer to afford the money and asks him to go negotiate such a deal with Claire. As evening falls, Dennis wants to take the girl to an old abandoned airport so that he can make a deal with the traffickers, but Sally refuses to let Leila go alone with him and joins them. Claire now wants to get Leila back in her custody so that she can sell her off, and her associate starts roughing up Sally. While Dennis holds young Leila, he warns the attackers not to harm his sister, but seeing the male associate roughing Sally up even more, the brother pulls out a revolver and shoots the associate dead. Leila has a heartbreak, though, as she sees that their trailer is missing from the place, and she tells her companion how her mother got addicted to drugs, how she had been sent over to group homes and how she escaped from there to be caught by traffickers. The next morning, Leila asks Sally to drive them over to a nearby plot where she and her family used to live in their camping trailer, and Sally readily agrees. The woman handing over this cargo—the seller, so to speak—is a woman named Claire, and she tells Sally the instructions—she is to drive the young girl to a place across the state line and hand her over to a man named Paul. Sally obviously does not want to get involved in such delivery, knowing well enough that this is a case of child trafficking, but Claire’s threats about the danger this might pose for Dennis in prison make her finally agree. On the very same evening that Sally thinks she has lost Leila, both sides come to the truck stop looking for her, and Sterling also questions a drunk Sally, who denies knowing anything about the kidnapped girl. As the truck drives through picturesque countryside, young Leila seems to enjoy the journey, and she now starts following Sally’s instructions and helps her keep the cabin clean. Taking her truck over to the usual place of meeting, Sally sees a minivan drive up, and when she asks to see the cargo and looks into the vehicle, she sees a young girl of about twelve or thirteen inside. With the young girl about to be trafficked still with her and potential charges of murder on her hand, Sally confusedly wonders what to do next as she drives her truck away. While on her driving job, Sally visits Dennis in prison, hoping that it will be the very last time that she does so, and the siblings excitedly talk about what they will do once Dennis is out.

Exclusive: Paradise Highway Director Anna Gutto and Her Cast ... (MovieWeb)

Frank Grillo, Cameron Monaghan, and Anna Gutto talk to MovieWeb about their suspenseful new movie Paradise Highway.

I mean, I think when you do a piece like this, where it has nothing to do with a pay day, you know, it kind of says a lot about the writer and the director, and what we're trying to do in the movie. "A huge amount of credit is to Anna for writing these characters with enough information that we understand just a bit more about them than what we necessarily need to for the story to function," said Monaghan, "and it was pretty dialed in. Grillo agreed, "It was all a wonderful experience [...] We were all there to kind of make this as great as it could be, and it was like a giant creative salad. "It's daunting because you don't want to traumatize a child, that was very important to me," said Gutto. "Hala, she has this incredible ability, she has this strength in her, and she's vulnerable, but she also has an incredible imagination.[...] she doesn't get traumatized because she's in power in this situation." "I think it's kind of impossible to make a movie that deals with trafficking without [those things], because trafficking is the symptom of things that are broken in our society," said Gutto. She continues: Juliette was always very generous and giving with Hala and always made sure she felt safe, and the three of us worked a lot together. The children or adults who end up in trafficking very often come from broken homes or from systems that have not been able to pick up on them, or from schools that are broken that didn't have the resources to pick up on these kids who are not doing well. "Research is really important to me to find the authenticity in characters and environments and in situations," Gutto tells us. He would see the work in progress in the edit, and I did the same with Desiree, my trucking consultant. Now, her feature-length debut Paradise Highway is making waves as an exciting original film, the story of a trucker and her imprisoned brother, who she's been working with on smuggling operations to help him through prison; on the week of his release, she realizes that she's expected to smuggle a child for sex trafficking. Paradise Highway is a bit of an anomaly in the cinematic landscape, and a great one at that. So I would sit in my little apartment in New York, and they would be all over the continent, and I'd be on these conversations with them.

Paradise Highway: Hala Finley on Film's Dark Nature & Juliette ... (Bleeding Cool News)

Hala Finley talks to Bleeding Cool about her latest crime thriller in Lionsgate's Paradise Highway, trafficking, Juliette Binoche & more.

Anna was absolutely amazing to work with, and I really hope I get to work with her again. Juliette was so amazing and fun to work with; she even kind of felt like a mother figure to me. Finley talked to Bleeding Cool about working with writer-director Anna Gutto, who made her theatrical debut, and her co-star Binoche.

Paradise Highway Ending, Explained: What Happens to Sally and ... (The Cinemaholic)

Written and directed by Anna Gutto, 'Paradise Highway' follows the story of a woman who is tasked with delivering a girl to human traffickers in exchange ...

He saved her when she was in trouble, so now, Sally feels obligated to save her brother when he’s in trouble. She’s been doing that for the entire time that he was in jail not just because he’s her brother, but also because she believes it’s her turn to take care of him. Her dedication also works on the fact that she believes her brother genuinely wants to reform. Moreover, Sally was already ready to take Leila under her care, so much so that she sold her trailer to pay off the traffickers. Gerick knew Sally was the one hiding Leila, but he also knew that she was not the one putting the child’s life in danger. Utterly disappointed in her brother for subjecting children to unspeakable conditions, Sally decides not to save him anymore. It is especially painful for Sally because she’d had a troubled childhood as well, suffering abuse at the hands of her father. This lands Sally in a very bad situation because now, the traffickers will be after both of them, while also threatening Dennis’ life in prison. Written and directed by Anna Gutto, ‘ Paradise Highway’ follows the story of a woman who is tasked with delivering a girl to human traffickers in exchange for keeping her brother alive. When Paul’s body is discovered, FBI agent Finley Sterling, consulted by retired agent Gerick, also starts looking for Sally and Leila. With both cops and criminals on their tails, Sally tries to keep Leila out of sight, but it proves to be a difficult task as Leila seeks to experience the world that she’s just been allowed out in. Here we analyze the events of the film and see what that final scene means for the future of its characters. To keep her brother alive and well, Sally refuses to take this final order for him.

Review: 'Paradise Highway' is a riveting new film on human ... (Digital Journal)

The all-star cast of actors includes Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman, as well as actors Cameron Monaghan, Frank Grillo, Hala Finley, ...

Juliette Binoche is transformative as Sally, in a role unlike anything has anyone ever seen her before. The movie is daring, unflinching, and sophisticated. “Paradise Highway” is a riveting new film on human trafficking that was written and directed by Anna Gutto.

Why Anna Gutto had to oversee Paradise Highway (BollyInside)

With the help of the brand-new thriller Paradise Highway, enter the world of truck driving. Days before his release, Juliette Binoche, an Academy Award.

Therefore, it cannot be said that there is a clear source of inspiration. However, after I had made that choice, I would immediately inform everyone that there was simply no way this was going to be produced without my direction. But I can’t produce a strong script twice a year; I’m not one of those authors. That’s unquestionably one of the causes, Anna Gutto. Simply said, I enjoy watching new movies and getting to know characters and stories that I haven’t seen a million times before. Then, there is undoubtedly a part of this tale when the character would have been a perfect fit. I suppose that was one of the main causes.

Review: 'Paradise Highway' is a riveting new film on human ... (Digital Journal)

The all-star cast of actors includes Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Morgan Freeman, as well as actors Cameron Monaghan, Frank Grillo, Hala Finley, ...

Is Paradise Highway Based on a True Story? (The Cinemaholic)

Written and directed by Anna Gutto, the film turns the spotlight toward some very dark but important issues. It doesn't shrink away from showing just how ...

Considering all this, it is fair to say that while ‘Paradise Highway’ is a fictional tale, it is not concocted out of thin air. So, I wanted to sort of tell a story about someone who had the capacity to break out,” Gutto said. So, she started to come up with a story of one girl who manages to find her way out of the place. ‘Paradise Highway’ is a crime drama that follows the story of a woman who is tasked with delivering a package. As time passed, the thought persisted in her mind, and Gutto also became aware of many more things related to the subject, especially the fact the people in such places were not just foreigners who had been trafficked, but it was also happening on the domestic level. When she discovers that the package is actually a little girl who is a victim of trafficking, she starts reconsidering her actions.

Frank Grillo talks about starring in 'Paradise Highway' movie (Digital Journal)

He is best known for playing the role of Brock Rumlow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films “Captain America: The Winter Soldier,” “Captain America: Civil War, ...

On being an actor in the digital age, Grillo said, “I think it’s a great time to be an actor because there are so many different outlets. “It is great to play a real human being who isn’t killing anybody. “This character was a great lesson in how to control myself, and not put so much of myself into a character. “You would never know she was a first-time director, she really had a command about the material. “I love how ambiguous he was.” I was honored to be invited.”

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