PARADISE
Film - Spotlight Filmfest 2023

PARADISE

Directed by Boris Kunz

Info

Director: Boris Kunz
Section: Spotlight
Country: Germany
Year: 2022
Language: German, English, Lithuanian
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Kostja Ullmann, Corinna Kirchhoff, Marlene Tanczik, Iris Berben, Lisa-Marie Koroll
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

In the near future, youth has become a commodity. An insider battles a corporation to extend his life span in this riveting thriller.

In the not-too-distant future, the ability to transfer one person's life span to another has fundamentally changed the world. Max and Elena lead a nearly perfect life together, but when suddenly faced with insurance claims they're unable to pay, they're robbed of their shared future and their lives are ruined.

Meet the director

PARADISE

Boris Kunz

Boris Kunz, born in 1979, first gained experience on the set of the crime series SOKO 5113 and won over his first small audience with no-budget comedies about unconventional Detective Maxwell. From 2004 to 2012 he studied directing at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), where his award-winning tragicomedy DANIELS ASCHE (2010) attracted some attention. As a former student representative of the HFF, he is a co-initiator of the reception for film students at the Berlinale. His graduation film, the romantic comedy DREI STUNDEN, premiered in Hof in 2012 and received awards at a festival on the Isle of Wight and at the Mississippi International Film Festival. Boris Kunz then became a writer and dramaturgical consultant for various films and series until he and NeueSuper created the Bavarian cult satire HINDAFING, which was nominated for various television awards. Since then, he has mainly been a writer and director who focuses on series, including ACHT TAGE (Sky), LABAULE & ERBEN (SWR), and BREAKING EVEN (ZDFneo).

Credits

Screenplay: Peter Kocyla, Boris Kunz, Simon Amberger
Director of Photography: Christian Stangassinger
Film Editor: Max Fey
Composer: David Reichelt feat. Panic Girl
Production Designer: Marc Bitz, Josef Brandl
Costume Design: Bettina C. Proske
Sound: Tomas Žukauskas
Sound design: Lena Beck
Make-up artist: Charlotte Chang
Casting director: Liza Stutzky
Producer: Simon Amberger, Korbinian Dufter, Rafael Parente
Production Company: NEUESUPER GmbH
World Sales: Netflix Services Germany GmbH
Distributor: Netflix Services Germany GmbH