Schnitzel Paradise

Infobox Film
name = Schnitzel Paradise


caption = Film poster
director = Martin Koolhoven
producer = Joost de Vries Leontine Petit
writer = Khalid Boudou (novel) Marco van Geffen (screenplay)
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starring = Mounir Valentyn Bracha van Doesburgh Mimoun Oaïssa
music = Melcher Meirmans Merlijn Snitker Chrisnanne Wiegel
cinematography = Guido van Gennep
editing = Job ter Burg
distributor =
released = 2005
runtime = 82 minutes
country = Netherlands
language = Dutch
Arabic
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imdb_id = 0446460

Martin Koolhoven's "Schnitzel Paradise" (Dutch: "Het Schnitzelparadijs") is a 2005 Dutch comedy film about Dutch-Moroccan Nordip Dounia who starts working in a restaurant kitchen and falls in love with Agnes Meerman, niece of the hotel's manager. Nordip has to overcome not only Agnes's family's prejudices but also his father's wishes as to his future.

The film was a huge success in The Netherlands (it was the highest grossing Dutch film in 2005 in The Netherlands).

Cast

* Mounir Valentyn - Nordip Dounia
* Bracha van Doesburgh - Agnes Meerman
* Mimoun Oaïssa - Amimoen
* Yahya Gaier - Mo
* Tygo Gernandt - Goran
* Gürkan Küçüksentürk - Ali
* Micha Hulshof - Sander
* Frank Lammers - Willem
* Sabri Saad El-Hamus - Mr. Doenia
* Nezha Karim - Mrs. Doenia
* Mohammed Chaara - Nadir Dounia
* Linda van Dyck - Nina Meerman
* Sanne Vogel - Claudia

Awards

* Film Discovery Jury Award - U.S. Comedy Arts Festival - WONBest Performance in a Foreign Film won by Micha Hulshof
* Golden Film (100,000 visitors) - WON
* Skip City International D-Cinema Festival Award for Best Screenplay - WON
* Golden Calf for Best Director - NOMINATED
* Golden Calf for Best Editing - NOMINATED
* Golden Calf for Best Production Design - NOMINATED
* Golden Calf for Best Supporting Actor - WON

The Best Supporting Actor Golden Calf was shared by supporting actors Yahya Gaier, Tygo Gernandt, Micha Hulshof, Gürkan Küçüksentürk and Mimoun Oaïssa

External links

*imdb title|0446460|Het Schnitzelparadijs
* [http://european-films.net/content/view/447/62/ interview with Martin Koolhoven] about "Schnitzel Paradise" on european-films.net
* [http://european-films.net/content/view/225/61/ review of Schnitzel Paradise] on european-films.net
* [http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=features2006&content=jump&jump=review&head=berlin&nav=RBerlin&articleid=VE1117930073&cs=1&p=0 Variety review of Schnitzel Paradise] by Eddie Cockrell