PARADISE IS BURNING

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PARADISE IS BURNING

PARADISET BRINNER

By Mika GUSTAFSON

FANDANGO - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, ITALY / BUYER REP

Drama - Completed 2023

Three sisters get by on their own living between the euphoria of freedom and the feeling of dejection. Their equilibrium shatters when social services intervene.

Festivals
& Awards

European Film Awards 2023

Official Selection

Rome FF - Alice Nella Città 2023

Sintonie

From Venice to Naples 2023

Official Selection

Chicago IFF 2023

International Feature Competition

BFI London FF 2023

First Features Competition - Sutherland Award for Best First Feature

Molodist Kiev International FF 2023

Main Competition

Leiden International FF 2023

Official Competition

Sao Paulo International FF 2023

New Directors Competition

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- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Drama, Female director, First film
- Countries
- SWEDEN, ITALY, DENMARK, FINLAND
- Languages
- SWEDISH
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 108 mn
- Director(s)
- Mika GUSTAFSON
- Writer(s)
- Mika GUSTAFSON, Alexander ÖHRSTRAND
- Cast
- Bianca DELBRAVO, Dilvin ASAAD, Safira MOSSBERG, Ida ENGVOLL, Mitja SIREN, Marta OLDENBURG, Andrea EDWARDS
- ISAN
- 0000-0007-13AC-0000-3-0000-0000-S
- Producer(s)
- Nima YOUSEFI (HOBAB)
- 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.