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Paradise is burning (Paradiset brinner)

Paradise is burning (Paradiset brinner)

original title:

Paradiset brinner

directed by:

Mika Gustafson

cast:

Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg, Ida Engvoll, Mitja Siren, Marta Oldenburg, Andrea Edwards

screenplay:

Mika Gustafson, Alexander Ohrstrand

cinematography:

Sine Vadstrup Brooke

editing:

Anders Skov

set design:

Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth

costume design:

Susse Roos

music:

Giorgio Giampà

producer:

Nima Yousefi, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco

production:

Hobab, Intramovies, Toolbox Film, Tuffi Films, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Swedish Film Institute, Film Stockholm, Danish Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation, Eurimages

distribution:

Fandango Distribuzione [Italy], HBO Europe [Albania], HBO Europe [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Providence Filmes - Pandora [Brazil], HBO Europe [Bulgaria], HBO Europe [Croatia], HBO Europe [Czech Republic], Angel Films [Denmark], Cinemanse [Finland], Epicentre [France], HBO Europe [Hungary], Conic [Ireland], HBO Europe [Moldova], HBO Europe [Montenegro], HBO Europe [North Macedonia], HBO Europe [Poland], Leopardo Filmes [Portugal], HBO Europe [Romania], HBO Europe [Serbia], HBO Europe [Slovakia], HBO Europe [Slovenia], Mongsang Films [South Korea], Stendhal Films [Spain], Triart Film [Sweden], Conic [United Kingdom]

world sales:

Intramovies [Italy]

country:

Sweden/Italy/Denmark/Finland

year:

2023

film run:

108'

format:

colour

release date:

29/08/2024

festivals & awards:

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.