Zurich: Director Andrea Di Stefano on Why 'Escobar: Paradise Lost' Is No 'Scarface 2' — hollywoodreporter.com

As it completes its festival run ahead of awards season, Escobar: Paradise Lost, Andrea Di Stefano's look at notorious Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, is gaining critical momentum. Benicio Del Toro's central performance as the scruffy pot-bellied Escobar is getting most of the attention, but Di Stefano's directing – it is the Italian actor's debut behind the camera – is also garnering praise. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at the Zurich Film Festival, Di Stefano said he was determined to not deliver the sex, drugs and guns biopic everyone expected.

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