Synopsis TMDBSehmuz, his wife Delal and their three children have saved themselves by escaping from Turkey to Switzerland. They are temporarily lodged in the asylum centre, together with refugees from Africa and East Europe that can se the funny side of everyday life despite their scars and nightmares. However, their fates do not sound genuine enough for the asylum authorities, this is what Sehmuz’ Kurdish compatriot Aziz claims. He sends Sehmuz to a Swiss who invents a credible story substantiated by documents. Sehmuz persuades Delal to pawn the family jewels and buys a new biography, which he laboriously learns by heart with the help of his children. Yet, at the decisive interview he can no longer remember the weather in Izmir …Synopsis OMDBwatching escape to paradise is a film I think more people ought to do in these days of xenophobia creeping up everywhere in Europe. It tells the story of a kurdish family seeking asylum in Switzerland - "paradise", the meeting with the new system, more people who has escaped from some of the other burning points of the world, the question if it is even possible to escape from your memories. The film in some way seem like a documentary, which also seems to be the goal, as the director has used a concept called Real Acting, using people who has actually been in these situations but acting a paper. Thought provocing, and interesting, definately worth of seeing - but mostly for the story.
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