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Schnitzel Paradise | |
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Directed by | Martin Koolhoven |
Screenplay by | Marco van Geffen |
Based on | Het Schnitzelparadijs by Khalid Boudou |
Produced by | Joost de Vries Leontine Petit |
Starring | Mounir Valentyn Bracha van Doesburgh Mimoun Oaïssa |
Cinematography | Guido van Gennep |
Edited by | Job ter Burg |
Music by | Melcher Meirmans Merlijn Snitker Chrisnanne Wiegel |
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Distributed by | Independent Films |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
Country | Netherlands |
Languages | Dutch Arabic |
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).
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