Completed - ENGLISH, BULGARIAN, RUSSIAN, SERBIAN, SWEDISH, FRENCH, DUTCH, BOSNIAN - Drama - 123 minutes
THE PARADISE SUITE is a raw-poetic story wherein six people, living in Amsterdam, seem to have nothing more in common than their far away motherland and the city they now live in. They become connected when in the darkest of times, love and friendship turn out to be the catalyst to twist their fate.
Year of production : 2015 Director(s) : Joost VAN GINKEL Writer(s) : Joost VAN GINKEL Cast : Anjela NEDYALKOVA, Boris ISAKOVIĆ, Erik ADELÖW, Issaka SAWADOGO, Jasna DJURIČIĆ, Magnus KREPPER Producer(s) : Ellen HAVENITH (PRPL), Jeroen BEKER (Bastide Films), Olle WIRENHED (GötaFilm), Kalinovi BROTHERS (KABOAL PICTURES), Jessica ASK (FILM VÄST)
THE PARADISE SUITE is a story about six people finding each other and, sometimes with just one glance, influencing each other’s lives irreversibly. For the beautiful young Bulgarian Jenya, her journey to Amsterdam turns out to be the opposite of what she hoped for. Her grueling captivity forces the angelic African, Yaya, to fight for her freedom – a dangerous fight in which he loses everything but his beloved faith. TheSerbian war criminalIvica, who has justbecomea father, is painfully confronted with the fact that crimes will never go unpunished. Bosnian Seka has nothing left to live for except her vengeance but as it turns out, it’s that same vengeance that brings love back in her life. And when the Swedish piano-wonder boy, Lukas, runs away from his new temporary home, his father Stig finally realizes that their mutual passion for music is damaging their relationship.
Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS, SWEDEN, BULGARIA Financing plan : The Netherlands Film Fund Wild Bunch Benelux Swedish Film Institute SVT Film i Väst Eurimages Start of shooting : October 2014
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Toronto - TIFF 2015 (Discovery)Nederlands Film Festival 2015 (Forum of Directors)39a Mostra IFF, São Paolo, Brazil 2015 (New Filmmakers competition (finalist))Diaspora Film Festival, Canada 2015Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2015 (Main Competition - Best Actor)Chennai Internationla Film Festival 2016Palm Spring Fest. 2016Goteborg IFF 2016Bengaluru International Film Festival, India 2016European Union FF, Chicago, USA 2016 (Opening Film)Guadalajara FICG 2016 (International Panorama)Sofia IFF 2016 (International Competition - Special Mention Award for Anjela Nedyalkova)PKO Off Camera FF, Poland 2016 (Discoveries section)