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The Paradise Suite
Film poster
Directed byJoost van Ginkel
Written byJoost van Ginkel
StarringIsaka Sawadogo
Release dates
  • 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) (TIFF)
  • 29 October 2015 (2015-10-29) (Netherlands)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguagesEnglish
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] It also won three Golden Calves for Best Film, Best Actor (Sawadogo) and Best Screenplay.[3]

Plot

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 be models for a photo shoot, but end up in prostitution, the African man 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

See also

References

  1. ^ "'Paradise Suite' Booked As Dutch Candidate For Foreign-Language Oscar Race". Variety. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. ^ "The Paradise Suite". Variety. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Filmoverzicht".