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Escape to Paradise

Escape to Paradise
Escape to Paradise
Escape to Paradise

Switzerland, September 2001
FILM, Fiction, 90 min.

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directed by
Nino Jacusso
Written by
Nino Jacusso
Status
In distribution
Website
www.escapetoparadise.ch

Sehmuz, his wife Delal and their three children have saved themselves by escaping from Turkey to Switzerland. They are temporarily lodged in the asylum centre, together with refugees from Africa and East Europe that can se the funny side of everyday life despite their scars and nightmares. However, their fates do not sound genuine enough for the asylum authorities, this is what Sehmuz’ Kurdish compatriot Aziz claims. He sends Sehmuz to a Swiss who invents a credible story substantiated by documents. Sehmuz persuades Delal to pawn the family jewels and buys a new biography, which he laboriously learns by heart with the help of his children. Yet, at the decisive interview he can no longer remember the weather in Izmir…

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World Premiere
September 2001
Original Version
Kurdish, English, Turkish (french/german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Production
Insertfilm AG, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Producer
Ivo Kummer
directed by
Nino Jacusso
Written by
Nino Jacusso
Cinemato­graphy
Daniel Leippert
Editing
Nino Jacusso, Loredana Cristelli
Music
Pedro Haldemann
Location Sound Mix
Andreas Litmanowitsch
Production Design
Irène Roth

Cast

Walo Lüönd

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
First Hand Films GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Release date: tba

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