SYNOPSIS

In a working-class area of Sweden, sisters Laura (16), Mira (12) and Steffi (7), get by on their own, left to their own devices by an absent mother. With summer on the way and no parents around, life is wild and carefree, vivacious and anarchic. But when social services call a meeting, Laura has to find someone to impersonate their mom, or the girls will be taken into foster care and separated. Laura keeps the threat a secret, so as not to worry her younger sisters. But as the moment of truth draws closer, new tensions arise, forcing the three sisters to negotiate the fine line between the euphoria of total freedom and the harsh realities of growing up.

 

FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Orizzonti Venice, 2023 – Best Director

BFI London Film Festival, 2023 – Sutherland Award

ORIGINAL TITLEPARADISET BRINNER US TITLEPARADISE IS BURNING PRODUCTION COMPANYHOBAB DOMESTIC RELEASEOCTOBER 27TH 2023 DIRECTORMIKA GUSTAFSON WRITERMIKA GUSTAFSON, ALEXANDER ÖHRSTRAND PRODUCERNIMA YOUSEFI, HOBAB CINEMATOGRAPHERSINE VADSTRUP BROOKER EDITORANDERS SKOV CO-PRODUCERSMARCO VALERIO FUSCO/INTRAMOVIES, MICAELA FUSCO/INTRAMOVIES, MARIA STEVNBAK WESTERGREN/TOOLBOX FILM, VENLA HELLSTEDT/TUFFI FILMS, JENNI JAURI/TUFFI FILMS EXECUTIVE PRODUCERSPETER KRUPENIN ASSOCIATE PRODUCERSCHRISTIAN POTALIVO, TINTIN SCHEYNIUS SALES AGENTINTRAMOVIES NORDIC DISTRIBUTIONTRIART FILM, AURORA STUDIOS FINANCINGNORDISK FILM & TV FOND, FILM STOCKHOLM, FILM I VÄST, EURIMAGES, DANISH FILM INSTITUTE, SWEDISH FILM INSTITUTE, FINISH FILM FUND, NRK, YLE, DR TV, NORDIC TALENT, REGION ÖSTERGÖTLAND, SWEDISH COUNCIL OF ARTS