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PARADISE IS BURNING is an emotional drama that navigates the complexities of society and family in the working-class Swedish suburbia. Three sisters — sixteen-year-old Laura, twelve-year-old Mira, and seven-year-old Steffi — are left to their own devices by their absent mother. As summer approaches, the trio revels in the excitement of freedom, letting their days unfold without the constraints of adult supervision. However, when Laura receives a call that threatens to place them in foster care, she frantically searches for a substitute mother to avoid this fate. Keeping the truth hidden from her younger sisters, Laura navigates the blurred lines between the thrill of independence and the harsh realities of growing up, as the sisters’ relationships with each other are put to the test.

It’s a soft, palliating movie, convincingly performed and surprisingly light on class politics. The result is essentially a triumph of feeling over substance. But that’s OK. – Times [UK]

What sets Paradise Is Burning apart is the unique quasi-rural ambience and a set of performances that speak of great investment by film-makers and cast. – The Irish Times

Paradise Is Burning exudes joy, but also a sense of imminent collapse. — and decidedly no cuteness. – Financial Times

Swedish writer-director Mika Gustafson’s feature debut has raw edges and some sloppy stitching in places, but the whole is fresh, directional and beautifully cut. – Guardian

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• PARADISE IS BURNING [Paradiset brinner]
• Sweden, 2023 | Language: Swedish | 1 hr 48 min | Cert: CLUB
• Director: Mika Gustafson
• Cast: Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg, Ida Engvoll
• Foreign language films are subtitled. I
• Cert: CLUB for over 18s.
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