Three sisters aged 7 to 16, live alone after their mother vanishes for whole swathes of time. When the social services demand a family meeting, oldest sister Laura plans to find a stand in for their mother.

6 wins, 9 nominations.

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Paradise is Burning harbors the tone of realism found in most working-class movies, but rather than bogging us down with the depressing atmosphere we’re used to in council house cinema, Gustafson keeps us on a hopeful, awe-inspiring note. The lighting is always sun-kissed or lampshade cozy; there’s always a joke to be told after a tear. The girls have wet socks from freezer puddles and are sick from defrosted fish sticks for dinner, but they also share beds, dance to the TV, and pour sugar on their breakfast, sweetening the daylight.

Gustafson deposits a level of respect and attention to its young protagonists that’s usually reserved for adults. Like Sean Baker in The Florida Project (2017)—who keeps the camera at a low angle, putting us in the POV of its six-year-old lead—Gustafson inverts the age hierarchy, making the kids’ experience the most important. Note how there are also no boyfriends or crushes around. Just like the blood ritual, this is a girl’s kingdom only. No boys allowed. Sadly, it’s a paradise being threatened by social services, and Laura must find a way to keep them from burning it down. – Georgia May | Highonfilms

Paradiset.Brinner.2023.SWEDiSH.1080p.WEB-DL.DD5.1.H264-RARE.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 44 min
Size: 	4.46 GiB
Video
Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	5 805 kb/s
BPP: 	0.112
Audio
#1:  	Swedish 5.1ch AC-3 @ 320 kb/s

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Language(s):Swedish
Subtitles:Swedish, English

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