Het schnitzelparadijs (2005)

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

Director:

Martin Koolhoven

Writers:

Khalid Boudou (novel), Mimoun Oaïssa (additional dialogue)

Stars:

Noah Valentyn, Bracha van Doesburgh, Mimoun Oaïssa

5 wins & 6 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Noah Valentyn	...	Nordip Doenia (as Mounir Valentyn)
Bracha van Doesburgh	...	Agnes Meerman
Mimoun Oaïssa	...	Amimoen
Yahya Gaier	...	Mo
Tygo Gernandt	...	Goran
Mohammed Chaara	...	Nadir Doenia
Micha Hulshof	...	Sander
Gürkan Küçüksentürk	...	Ali
Sabri Saad El-Hamus	...	Mr. Doenia
Frank Lammers	...	Willem
Linda van Dyck	...	Nina Meerman
Porgy Franssen	...	Mr. Meerman
Sanne Vogel	...	Claudia
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Drijver	...	Girl in disco
Nezha Karim	...	Mrs. Doenia

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

dysfunctional family | coming of age | family relationships | adolescence | couscous western | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

On the DVD commentary track director Koolhoven tells he was inspired by Sergio Sollima's Revolver (1973) when he shot the love-scene in the hotel room.

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Crazy Credits

The actors introduce themselves and some cut scenes with goofs are shown.

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Connections

Referenced in Shouf shouf!: Mario (2006)

User Reviews

lack of words

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Yes, I am Dutch, and Yes I am ashamed of an awful piece like this. You hear the word "fk" almost every 10 seconds, even though it is spelled/pronounced with an o this movie should never have been made, and dumped in the trashcan from the beginning. The fact that this is the 'second generation' of Maroccons living here involved in making this movie doesn't have to do anything with the quality. It could have been OK if they would have use some normal language. Some people call it funny, and at some moments this movie is, well, for those who don't know how to laugh about normal humor that is. Really, I can't find anything in this movie to recommend it to watch it, even on a boring rainy day, or a day the snow is piled up in front of your house for more than 2 meters.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Germany] Official site [Spain]

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch Arabic

Release Date:

8 September 2005 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Kitchen Paradise

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

EUR850,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,585,846

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lemming Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1