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.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 17 min.
- Country, year
- Netherlands, 2016
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Guido Hendrikx
- Screenplay
- Guido Hendrix
- Producers
- Frank van den Engel
- Cinematography
- Emo Weemhoff
- Music
- Juho Nurmela, Ella van der Woude
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- True/False Film Fest
- Crossing Europe Film Festival
Director
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.
