Real Life

Stranger in Paradise

1 hr. 17 min. | Documentary | Pegi 13

In a classroom in Sicily, just inside the walls of Fortress Europe, recently arrived refugees receive lessons from a teacher who has some rather unbalanced traits. One moment he mercilessly rejects the refugees – the next, mollifyingly, he embraces them. Operating at the intersection of documentary and fiction, “Stranger in Paradise” investigates the power relations between Europe and refugees.

Guido Hendrikx

Guido Hendrikx

Guido Hendrikx is an Amsterdam-based film director and screenwriter. He graduated at Utrecht University (Liberal Arts & Sciences) and the Netherlands Film Academy (Directing Documentary). During film school he directed the shorts “Escort” (2013) and “Among Us” (2014) and co-wrote the script for the short “Fernweh” (2014, Ena Sendijarevic), which screened extensively in international festivals winning numerous awards. “Stranger in Paradise” is his feature debut.
Languages
English
Subtitles
English, Lithuanian
Produced
2016: Netherlands

Film information

Director
Guido Hendrikx
Producers
Frank van den Engel
Screenplay
Guido Hendrix
Music
Juho Nurmela, Ella van der Woude
Cinematography
Emo Weemhoff
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