Het schnitzelparadijs (2005)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Martin Koolhoven

Writers:

Khalid Boudou (novel)
Marco van Geffen (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 September 2005 (Netherlands)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

100% halal!

Plot Keywords:

Award Winning | Local Blockbuster | Couscous Western | Wilhelm Scream | Opening Narration

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Noah Valentyn	...	Nordip Doenia (as Mounir Valentyn)
Bracha van Doesburgh	...	Agnes Meerman
Mimoun Oaïssa	...	Amimoen
Yahya Gaier	...	Mo
Tygo Gernandt	...	Goran
Mohammed Chaara	...	Nadir Doenia
Micha Hulshof	...	Sander
Gürkan Küçüksentürk	...	Ali
Sabri Saad El-Hamus	...	Mr. Doenia
Frank Lammers	...	Willem
Linda van Dyck	...	Nina Meerman
Porgy Franssen	...	Mr. Meerman
Sanne Vogel	...	Claudia
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Drijver	...	Girl in disco
Nezha Karim	...	Mrs. Doenia
Ton Kas	...	Rude man
Casper Knipscheer
Eric Koller
Anniek Pheifer	...	Disco girl
Ella Timmers
Ruben van der Meer	...	Bouncer
Roel Voorbij

Also Known As:

Schnitzel Paradise (International: English title) (literal title)

Runtime:

82 min

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

Dutch | Arabic

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company:

Lemming Film

Trivia:

Koolhoven has said in several interviews that the title sequence is sort an updated version of (and homage to) the title sequences in spaghetti westerns.

Movie Connections:

References Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966)

lack of words

This is one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Yes, I am Dutch, and Yes I am ashamed of an awful piece like this. You hear the word "fk" almost every 10 seconds, even though it is spelled/pronounced with an o this movie should never have been made, and dumped in the trashcan from the beginning. The fact that this is the 'second generation' of Maroccons living here involved in making this movie doesn't have to do anything with the quality. It could have been OK if they would have use some normal language. Some people call it funny, and at some moments this movie is, well, for those who don't know how to laugh about normal humor that is. Really, I can't find anything in this movie to recommend it to watch it, even on a boring rainy day, or a day the snow is piled up in front of your house for more than 2 meters.