Paradissviten
Directed by:
Joost van GinkelScreenplay:
Joost van GinkelCinematography:
Andréas LennartssonCast:
Anjela Nedyalkova, Boris Isakovic, Erik Adelöw, Jasna Đuričić, Issaka Sawadogo, Magnus Krepper, Raymond Thiry, Viktoriya Koblenko, Sigrid ten Napel (more)Plots(1)
A gorgeous, spirited young Bulgarian woman (Anjela Nedyalkova) travels to the Netherlands with dreams of a modelling career, only to find herself working Amsterdam's red-light district against her will. An African illegal migrant worker (Issaka Sawadogo) is forced to accept a reprehensible job just to keep himself and a neighbouring family from losing their modest lodgings. A Swedish boy (Erik Adelöw) is mercilessly teased at school, while at home he is overwhelmed by pressure from his conductor father (Magnus Krepper) to become a piano virtuoso. A Serbian war criminal (Boris Isakovic) believes he has started a new life in Amsterdam, complete with a new baby and a thriving business, but there are those in his vicinity who have not forgotten his malefactions of old — including Seka (Jasna Djuricic), a Bosnian woman so single-mindedly focussed on revenge that she will not allow love into her life. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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One of the old good inconspicuous European films. It was funny that I was watching a version in Czech, where, however, a significant part of the action characters spoke in their native languages and since I don't speak Balkan and Scandinavian languages, I had to imagine the plot. But I still liked the film, the acting was strong and the musical aspect of the film was very powerful.
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