The Paradise Suite (film)
| The Paradise Suite | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Joost van Ginkel |
| Written by | Joost van Ginkel |
| Starring | Raymond Thiry |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language |
English French Bosnian Swedish Bulgarian Serbian Dutch |
The Paradise Suite is a 2015 Dutch drama film directed by Joost van Ginkel. It was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[1] It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
Summary
The film follows a number of people who, willingly or not, move to Amsterdam from abroad: three girls from Bulgaria who are told they will have a photo shooting as models but end up in prostitution, the African boy Yaya who loses his job and gets in financial trouble, the Swedish musical conductor Stig whose son Lukas goes missing, Serbian war criminal Ivica who now runs a brothel in the Amsterdam red light district, and Seka from Bosnia, who recognises Ivica from her past. As the stories evolve, they merge into each other and these people, each with such different backgrounds, will have to rely on their new friendships.
Cast
- Raymond Thiry as Maarten
- Sigrid ten Napel as Antoinette
- Eva Röse as Julia Lindh Åberg
- Magnus Krepper as Stig
- Victoria Koblenko as Ana
- Jeroen Spitzenberger as Sven
- Isaka Sawadogo as Yaya
- Reinout Bussemaker as Jack
- Dragan Bakema as Milijan
- Erik Adelöw as Lukas
- Anjela Nedyalkova as Jenya
- Jasna Đuričić as Seka
See also
- List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Dutch submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ↑ "‘Paradise Suite’ Booked As Dutch Candidate For Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ↑ "The Paradise Suite". Variety. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.