Schnitzel Paradise (2005)

Original title

Het Schnitzelparadijs

Directed by

Martin Koolhoven

Genre

comedy film, romance film, coming-of-age film

Country

Netherlands

Runtime

1h 22m

Rated

6

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Dutch-Moroccan man takes a job in a restaurant kitchen and falls for the manager's niece. He must navigate disapproval from both her family and his own father.

lightheartedromanticwarmgentleplayfulhumorousearthyearnest

What happens

Martin Koolhoven's Schnitzel Paradise (Dutch: Het Schnitzelparadijs) is a 2005 Dutch comedy film about Dutch-Moroccan Nordip Dounia who starts working in a restaurant kitchen and falls in love with Agnes Meerman, niece of the hotel's manager. Nordip has to overcome not only Agnes's family's prejudices but also his father's wishes as to his future. The film was a huge success in The Netherlands, attracting nearly 342,000 visitors in 2005, and becoming the highest grossing Dutch film in 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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