''The Paradise Suite'' is a 2015 Dutch
drama film
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directed by
Joost van Ginkel
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. It was selected as the Dutch entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
88th Academy Awards
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but it was not nominated.
It was screened in the Discovery section of the
2015 Toronto International Film Festival
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.
It also won three
Golden Calves
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for Best Film, Best Actor (Sawadogo) and Best Screenplay.
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
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Isaka Sawadogo
Isaka Sawadogo (born 1966), sometimes credited as Issaka Sawadogo, is a Burkinabé actor. He is most noted for his performances in the Canadian film ''Diego Star'', for which he received a Prix Jutra nomination for Best Actor at the 16th Jutra A ...
as Yaya
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Anjela Nedyalkova as Jenya
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Magnus Krepper
Rolf Magnus Krepper (born 10 January 1967 in Norrköping, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, dancer, singer, and magician. He is a member of ''Moderna Illusionisters Cirkel''.
In 2006, Krepper received the Guldbagge Award for best male role in the 2 ...
as Stig
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Jasna Đuričić
Jasna Đuričić (; born 16 April 1966) is a Serbian actress and academic, best known for playing the titular role in the Bosnian film '' Quo Vadis, Aida?'', which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign International Feature Film i ...
as Seka
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Erik Adelöw as Lukas
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Dragan Bakema
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People named Dragan include:
Politicians and office holde ...
as Milijan
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Raymond Thiry
Raymond Thiry (born 29 September 1959) is a Dutch actor. He has appeared in more than eighty films since 1994.
Filmography
Prizes
* 2015 - ShortCutz Amsterdam Annual Award, Best Actor for A MAN FALLS FROM THE SKY
External links
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Refer ...
as Maarten
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Sigrid ten Napel as Antoinette
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Eva Röse
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as Julia Lindh Åberg
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Victoria Koblenko
Victoria Koblenko ( uk, Вікторія Кобленко, russian: Виктория Кобленко; born 19 December 1980, in Vinnitsa, Ukrainian SSR) is a Dutch actress, presenter and columnist of Ukrainian descent.
Early life and education ...
as Ana
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Jeroen Spitzenberger
Jeroen Spitzenberger (born 20 January 1976) is a Dutch actor. He appeared in more than forty films since 1992.
Filmography
References
External links
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1976 births
Living people
Dutch male film actors
20th-century Dutch male ac ...
as Sven
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Reinout Bussemaker as Jack
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Babetida Sadjo as Angele
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Emmanuel Ohene Boafo as Mohammed
See also
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References
External links
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2015 films
2015 drama films
Dutch drama films
2010s Bulgarian-language films
2010s Dutch-language films
2010s Swedish-language films
2010s French-language films
Bosnian-language films
2010s Serbian-language films
Films about prostitution in the Netherlands
Films about human trafficking
Works about sex trafficking
2015 multilingual films
Dutch multilingual films
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