Schnitzel Paradise

{{Infobox film

| name = Schnitzel Paradise

| image = Film poster Het Schnitzelparadijs.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Martin Koolhoven

| producer = Joost de Vries
Leontine Petit

| screenplay = Marco van Geffen

| based_on = {{Based on|Het Schnitzelparadijs|Khalid Boudou}}

| narrator =

| starring = Mounir Valentyn
Bracha van Doesburgh
Mimoun Oaïssa

| music = Melcher Meirmans
Merlijn Snitker
Chrisnanne Wiegel

| cinematography = Guido van Gennep

| editing = Job ter Burg

| studio = {{plainlist|

Lemming Film
NPS

}}

| distributor = Independent Films

| released = {{Film date|2005|09|08|df=y}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = Netherlands

| language = Dutch
Arabic

| budget =

}}

Martin Koolhoven's Schnitzel Paradise ({{langx|nl|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).

Plot

Cast

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

Awards

Film Discovery Jury Award - U.S. Comedy Arts Festival - Won
Best 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

References

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 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330000133/http://european-films.net/content/view/447/62/ |date=2008-03-30 }}
[http://european-films.net/content/view/225/61/ review of Schnitzel Paradise] on European-films.net {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404091701/http://european-films.net/content/view/225/61/ |date=2008-04-04 }}
[https://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

Category:2005 films

Category:2005 comedy films

Category:2000s Dutch-language films

Category:Films based on Dutch novels

Category:Films set in the Netherlands

Category:Films directed by Martin Koolhoven

Category:Dutch comedy films

Category:Lemming Film films