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The Village Next to Paradise

  • 2024
  • 2h 12m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
267
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The Village Next to Paradise (2024)
Drama

A newly formed family confronts challenges while pursuing individual goals and facing the intricacies of modern life, relying on love, trust, and resilience to guide them.A newly formed family confronts challenges while pursuing individual goals and facing the intricacies of modern life, relying on love, trust, and resilience to guide them.A newly formed family confronts challenges while pursuing individual goals and facing the intricacies of modern life, relying on love, trust, and resilience to guide them.

  • Director
    • Mo Harawe
  • Writers
    • Mo Harawe
    • Alexander von Piechowski
    • Dániel Béres
  • Stars
    • Axmen Cali Faarax
    • Canab Axmed Ibraahin
    • Ahmed Mohamoud Salleban
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    267
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mo Harawe
    • Writers
      • Mo Harawe
      • Alexander von Piechowski
      • Dániel Béres
    • Stars
      • Axmen Cali Faarax
      • Canab Axmed Ibraahin
      • Ahmed Mohamoud Salleban
    • 1User review
    • 24Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 15 nominations total

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    Axmen Cali Faarax
    • Mamargade
    • (as Ahmed Ali Farah)
    Canab Axmed Ibraahin
    • Araweelo
    • (as Anab Ahmed Ibrahim)
    Ahmed Mohamoud Salleban
    • Cigaal
    Axmed Cabdillahi Ducaale
    • Jama
    Maxamed Xaaji Cabdi Fadax
    • Haji
    Maxamed Axmed Maxamed
    • Mandela
    Maxamed Maxamuud Jamac
    • Guure
    Maxamed Xusen Xasan
    • Jama's Father
    Aamino Saalad Gureey
    • School Principal Village
    Abdirisaq Daahir Khalif
    • Ex-husband Araweelo
    Adbirisaq Ciise Cawad
    • Teacher Boarding School
    Faadumo Diiriye Nuur
    • Grieving Mother
    Xassan Cabdi Cali
    • Hospital Employee
    Maxamed Mire Xirsi
    • School Principal Boarding School
    Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed
    • Clan Chief
    • (as Cabdiraxmaan Maxamed Cali)
    Mubarak Maxamuud Saleybaan
    • School Friend of Cigaal
    Ayaan Omar Jama
    • Bank Employee
    Jamad Nuur Siyaad
    • Woman who sells Taylorshop
    • Director
      • Mo Harawe
    • Writers
      • Mo Harawe
      • Alexander von Piechowski
      • Dániel Béres
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    8/10

    dreaming of better days

    Along a deserted beach in the wind and waves a father and son, Mamargade and Cigaal, enjoy a little bit of happiness in nature. Such treasured moments are few and far between the numerous jobs, drone strikes bringing death from above, check points, and job payments that take months to materialize, if they ever materialize. At their simple and tiny cinder block and corrugated steel home the pair lives with Mamargade's sister Araweelo.

    Cigaal dreams of light. Araweelo dreams of making and selling her own clothing. Being an unmarried woman she cannot get a loan, so Araweelo hatches a plan to get around the regulation. The risks are immense.

    "My whole life I try to make things better," says Mamargade "but I keep making mistakes." When misfortune eclipses virtually every aspect of daily life, it is impossible to avoid the "mistakes." Yet the humble and hard-working trio never stops trying and hoping for luck, her own business, time at the beach, funding for school, and better days.

    The Village Next to Paradise first dropped at Cannes. "It is the first film shot on location in Somalia," said director Mo Harawe who attended this North American premiere screening at the Toronto International Film Festival. Harawe engaged with the community of Paradise to make the film and employed non-professional actors. The investment in Somalia paid off in terms of the film's authenticity. The ambient sound of music on the radio, traffic, waves, and wind, contributed to the realistic nature as well. "Wind is a character," said Harawe "so the human characters are not ever alone." Culture is a character too, and I enjoyed the immersion in Somali songs, stories, and landscape.
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    • Release date
      • November 8, 2024 (Austria)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Austria
      • Somalia
      • Germany
    • Language
      • Somali
    • Also known as
      • Cennetin Yanındaki Köy
    • Production companies
      • FreibeuterFilm
      • Kazak Productions
      • Maanmaal Acc
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $116,351
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 12 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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