The Paradise Suite

The Paradise Suite

2015 · 118 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama

The lives of six people, who seem to have nothing more in common than their faraway homelands, become inextricably linked in Amsterdam, the city they have chosen as their new home.

Directed by Joost van Ginkel · Written by Joost van Ginkel

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