| Director: | Mika Gustafson |
|---|---|
| Production: | Hobab (Nima Yousefi), Intramovies (Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco), ToolBox Film (Maria Stevnbak Westergren), Tuffi Films (Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri) |
| Running Time: | 108’ |
| Language: | Swedish |
| Country: | Sweden, Italy, Denmark, Finland |
| Main Cast: | Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg, Ida Engvoll, Mitja Siren, Marta Oldenburg, Andrea Edwards |
| Screenplay: | Mika Gustafson, Alexander Öhrstrand |
| Cinematographer: | Sine Vadstrup Brooker |
| Editor: | Anders Skov |
| Production Designer: | Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth |
| Costume Designer: | Susse Roos |
| Music: | Giorgio Giampà |
Cinema
Paradiset brinner (Paradise is burning)
Orizzonti
Synopsis
In a working-class area of Sweden, sisters Laura (16), Mira (12), and Steffi (7), get by on their own, left to their own devices by an absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic. But when social services call a meeting, Laura has to find someone to impersonate their mom, or the girls will be taken into foster care and separated. Laura keeps the threat a secret, so as not to worry her younger sisters. But as the moment of truth draws closer, new tensions arise, forcing the three sisters to negotiate the fine line between the euphoria of total freedom and the harsh realities of growing up.
Director's Statement
Paradiset Brinner is a declaration of love to sisterhood. To those who know your story and made you who you are. A bond that’s stronger than everything else. A blessing and a curse all at the same time. For me the film is about the transience of time and life. About memories and reconciliation. I want to show what it’s like to be a human being in those moments when euphoric freedom lies cheek to cheek with total despair.
Production/Distribution
PRODUCTION 1: Nima Yousefi – Hobab
Slakthusgatan, 26
12162 – Stockholm, Sweden
Mob. +46 704811653
info@hobab.se
www.hobab.se
PRODUCTION 2: Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco – Intramovies
Via E. Manfredi, 15
00197 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0645777930
mail@intramovies.com
PRODUCTION 3: Maria Stevnbak Westergren – ToolBox Film
Slagtehusgade 32c, 1.Sal
1715 – Copenhagen, Denmark
Tel. +45 61686225
maria@toolboxfilm.dk
www.toolboxfilm.dk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Toolbox_Film/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Toolbox%20Film
PRODUCTION 4: Venla Hellstedt, Jenni Jauri – Tuffi Films
Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358 409309905
venla@tuffifilms.com
WORLD SALES: Marco Valerio Fusco – Intramovies
Via E. Manfredi, 15
00197 – Roma, Italia
Tel. +39 0645777930
mail@intramovies.com
festival@intramovies.com
PRESS OFFICE: Gordon Spragg, Laurin Dietrich, Michael Arnon – Wolf Consultants
Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49 15774749724
hello@wolf-con.com
ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE: Gloria Zerbinati
Tel. +33 (0)7 86 80 02 82
gloria.zerbinati@gmail.com
