A romantic comedy about the adventures of Nordip Doenia, a young Moroccan criminal in The Netherlands. His parents destine him for great things, but Nordip clearly has different ideas
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Title: Het schnitzelparadijs (2005)
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Noah Valentyn | ... | Nordip Doenia (as Mounir Valentyn) |
| Bracha van Doesburgh | ... | Agnes Meerman | |
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Mimoun Oaïssa | ... | Amimoen |
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Yahya Gaier | ... | Mo |
| Tygo Gernandt | ... | Goran | |
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Mohammed Chaara | ... | Nadir Doenia |
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Micha Hulshof | ... | Sander |
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Gürkan Küçüksentürk | ... | Ali |
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Sabri Saad El-Hamus | ... | Mr. Doenia |
| Frank Lammers | ... | Willem | |
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Linda van Dyck | ... | Nina Meerman |
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Porgy Franssen | ... | Mr. Meerman |
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Sanne Vogel | ... | Claudia |
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| Anna Drijver | ... | Girl in disco | |
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Nezha Karim | ... | Mrs. Doenia |
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A romantic comedy about the adventures of Nordip Doenia, a young Moroccan criminal in The Netherlands. His parents destine him for great things, but Nordip clearly has different ideas. He takes up a simple job far below his level as a dishwasher in a big motel. There, he falls in love with Agnes, the niece of the motel owner. But Agnes faces the same parental pressure as Nordip: she is destined to take over the motel in the future, but she doesn't have ambitions for this. The love relationship between Nordip and Agnes is doomed to failure, unless Nordip can convince Agnes in going her own way, against her parent's wishes. Written by Rene Guillot
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dysfunctional family | coming of age | family relationships | adolescence | couscous western |Certificate:
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The way the words 'The End' rotate in to the frame is inspired by the way the words 'Once Upon A Time in the West' turn up at the end of C'era una volta il West (1968). See more »Crazy Credits
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Country:
NetherlandsRelease Date:
8 September 2005 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
EUR850,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$3,585,846Company Credits
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I didn't like this movie. I thought this was a comedy but it seems more like a romantic film. The end was too predictable. I think the only one who really deserves a whole lot of respect is Tygo. He plays a real freak, which is quite an effort. All the other actors just play someone really close to themselves. Further more I'd like the character Ali, who was the only one I felt sorry for in the movie and the only one I sometimes even had to laugh about. The music video of this movie: Wat wil je doen dan by the Partysquad and a league of dutch rappers contains like nearly all the funny parts of the movie. It wasn't that much a waste of my time, although I think that there are a whole lot of movies that I should have watched in stead.