Paradises of Diane

Europe on the verge of social and economic change. A close up into the shaken vision of four couples, daily struggles, fights, kids, sex and passion. A movie about the politics of love. Le cinéma politique fait l'amour.

Everything is under control, she thinks. Everything is lost, he thinks. And then they meet. And fall.

An apocalyptical storm threatens to wipe out an entire country. A state of emergency is raised while mayhem breaks out.

Lukas is a successful hip hop star on a drug fuelled fade, much to the annoyance of his producer/lover, Mischa. When Mischa opts to include Lukas' brother Sämi on his latest album, jealousy and rivalry tear the three apart.

“Let’s make a documentary together,” says Chrigu. “Then I will get out at some point.” This is the story of a young man who once had great plans for the future, until an advanced-stage tumour was discovered at the age of 21. Jan Gassmann follows Christian Ziörjen’s (Chrigu) fight to live, in a film less about death, but about living life. Christian himself had been making his own films since the age of 16: at parties, concerts, on a trip to India, his camera was always with him. With “Chrigu”, filmmaker Jan Gassmann succeeds in creating a moving and surprising portrait of his best friend.