A Place in the Caribbean

A Place in the Caribbean (Spanish: Un lugar en el Caribe) is a 2017 Honduran drama/romance film written and directed by Juan Carlos Fanconi.^[1][2][3][4]

A Place in the Caribbean
Film poster
Spanish	Un lugar en el Caribe
Directed by	Juan Carlos Fanconi
Written by	Juan Carlos Fanconi
Produced by	Sandra Estrada
Starring	José Zúñiga Gabriela de la Garza Gastón Pauls Lali Gonzalez Rodrigo Guirao Díaz Daniel Zacapa Jamie Bernadette
Cinematography	David Estrada
Edited by	Juan Carlos Fanconi
Music by	Pere Soto Jason Pfaf
Production company	Cana Vista Films
Distributed by	GatebreakR SOMOS Next
Release date	23 March 2017 (2017-03-23)
Running time	114 minutes
Countries	Honduras United States
Languages	Spanish English
Budget	$2,200,000

Production

Behind the scenes photo; actress Gabriela de la Garza is in the center.

A Honduran-American coproduction, A Place in the Caribbean was filmed in 2016 in Roatán, Honduras and Los Angeles.^[5]

Synopsis

Map of Roatán and nearby islands relative to the Honduran coast.

On the Caribbean resort island of Roatán, a group of people seek love, but their pasts threaten to catch up with them.^[6]

Cast

• José Zúñiga – Gael Castillo
• Gabriela de la Garza – Camila
• Gastón Pauls – Fernando
• Lali Gonzalez – Sofía
• Rodrigo Guirao Díaz – Paolo
• Daniel Zacapa – Marcelo
• Jamie Bernadette – Sarah
• Ana Clara Carranza – Ángela
• Fermin Galeano – Sammy
• Boris Barraza – Camila's father
• Maria Elena Vindel – Victoria

Release

The film had its Honduran premiere on 23 March 2017.^[7] It was praised by local newspaper El Heraldo as the first Honduran romance film of genuine quality.^[8]