Paradise Is Burning
After their mother vanishes into thin air three young siblings manage on their own. As the upcoming inspection visit of the authorities threatens their life together, they turn to troubled Hannah to play their mother.
Please note the screening has no English dialogue nor subtitles!
In his debut feature, director Mika Gustafson manages to maintain a beautiful balance between sibling bonding, anarchic freedom and constant insecurity and proves to be a great director of children and young actors. Skillfully, he bypasses the clichés about “abandoned children in danger”. Hirokazu Kore-eda’s magnificent Nobody Knows (L&A 2005) comes to mind as a point of comparison.
After their mother vanishes into thin air three young siblings manage on their own. As the upcoming inspection visit of the authorities threatens their life together, they turn to troubled Hannah to play their mother…
Pekka Lanerva
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