Many refer to Denmark as a 'paradise' on earth. In many international surveys Danes rate as the happiest of people. Journeying through three very different stories we meet a young Danish soldier on his way to Iraq, an Iraqi girl who has been living in a refugee camp in Denmark for six years, and a middle-class couple expecting their first child. We experience that not everyone is allowed to enter or stay in Paradise. The three stories are built into a mosaic of other contemporary lives in Denmark. Faces of loneliness, longing, fear and control meet us.
| Original title | Paradis |
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| Danish title | Paradis |
| Keywords | Denmark, Immigrants, Refugees, Soldiers |
| Director | Jens Loftager, Erlend E. Mo, Sami Saif |
| Producer | Mikael Olsen, Peter Bech |
| Director of Photography | Lars Reinholdt |
| Editor | Jacob Thuesen, Marlene Billie Andreasen |
| Sound | Andreas Kongsgaard Mogensen |
| Production country | Denmark |
| International sales | TrustNordisk |
| Technical info | color, Dolby SR |
| Danish festival release | 21.08.2008, Magasinet (Odense), Odense Filmfestival 2008 |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
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| Production company | Zentropa Entertainments15, Atmo Film |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Jens Loftager |
| Direction | Erlend E. Mo |
| Direction | Sami Saif |
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Production |
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| Producer | Mikael Olsen |
| Producer | Peter Bech |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Lars Reinholdt |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Jacob Thuesen |
| Editing | Marlene Billie Andreasen |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Andreas Kongsgaard Mogensen |
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