Migrants get rock-hard Europe lesson in staggering 'Stranger in Paradise'

by Leo Bankersen
7 December 201629 March 2022
6 min read
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In een klaslokaaltje op Sicilië krijgen migranten die kort daarvoor de Middellandse Zee hebben getrotseerd te horen hoe Europa over hen denkt. Het is geen gewone les, want de leraar wordt gespeeld door de Belgische acteur Valentijn Dhaenens. Hij laat hier in de Nederlandse documentaire Stranger in Paradise drie heel verschillende gezichten van Europa zien. Dat kan soms hard aankomen. Stranger in Paradise is een filmessay volgens een bijzonder concept. Het Amerikaanse vakblad Variety vergeleek h...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead.
Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant.
Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.

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