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      The Paradise Suite

      2015 2h 3m Drama List
      Reviews 60% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score Six people come together and influence each other's lives. Read More Read Less

      Audience Reviews

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      Audience Member Multinarrative film with six parallel stories - all of them is connected to Amsterdam. We also visit Sofia and other stories gives os short glimses of other cities or other parts of the Netherlands. The production is casted by Swedish, Dutch, Swedish, Bulgarian and Yugoslavian actors. The leads are heading different stories but some of them, not surprizingly, get's connected with the other stories. All of them are quite bleak. Some bleaker than others. Human trafficing, loss of children, personal crises and illegal immigration are all topics here. Some very strong scenes, including rape and murder are putting a grip on you, well supported by powerful music. Great acting and great camera shots completes the techincal parts. It's pace is great and it's not a boring second here - I didn't want it to slow down or end at times, that's a solid sign of satisfyment. I liked this film a whole lot. It's a fresh take on the style of multinarrative presentation and even if I have seen this type of presentation better exicuted several times before, it's still solid and it never really try to be the most important thing with the film anyhow. I like almost every single one of the stories, but the ones with the model, the gangster, the immigrant and the piano-child are mye favorites. A very strong second feature and a very good film that will be remembered as a rugged and tragic film focusing on the dark sides of Amsterdam. 8.5 out of 10 street ramps. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Actually there is nothing new from those multi-plotlines to execution. Still, it's kinda intriguing. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Critics Reviews

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      Bill Stamets Chicago Reader Ultimately the film's medley of interpersonal crises widens into a moving vista of modern Europe. Mar 3, 2016 Full Review Prairie Miller WBAI Radio Fragmented lyrically somewhat like the flow of life, while simultaneously delving into the everyday horror of refugees in crisis, sex trafficking in all its raw brutality, and the existential contradictions of humane impulses laced with furious darkness. Nov 26, 2015 Full Review Oktay Ege Kozak The Playlist "The Paradise Suite" is an admirable attempt to tackle many grave issues that plague our society today, but ends up as a muddled mishmash of short films that would have worked better separately. Rated: C- Sep 18, 2015 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis Six people come together and influence each other's lives.
      Director
      Joost van Ginkel
      Screenwriter
      Joost van Ginkel
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      French (Canada)
      Runtime
      2h 3m