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

In a classroom in Sicily, migrants who have recently braved the Mediterranean are told what Europe thinks of them. It is no ordinary lesson, as the teacher is played by Belgian actor Valentijn Dhaenens. He shows three very different faces of Europe here in the Dutch documentary Stranger in Paradise. That can be hard hitting at times. Stranger in Paradise is a film essay following an unusual concept. The US trade magazine Variety compared...

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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

In a classroom in Sicily, migrants who have recently braved the Mediterranean are told what Europe thinks of them. It is no ordinary lesson, as the teacher is played by Belgian actor Valentijn Dhaenens. He shows three very different faces of Europe here in the Dutch documentary Stranger in Paradise. That can be hard hitting at times. Stranger in Paradise is a film essay following an unusual concept. The US trade magazine Variety compared...

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