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Schnitzel Paradise

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Schnitzel Paradise
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMartin Koolhoven
Screenplay byMarco van Geffen
Based onHet Schnitzelparadijs
by Khalid Boudou
Produced byJoost de Vries
Leontine Petit
StarringMounir Valentyn
Bracha van Doesburgh
Mimoun Oaïssa
CinematographyGuido van Gennep
Edited byJob ter Burg
Music byMelcher Meirmans
Merlijn Snitker
Chrisnanne Wiegel
Production
companies
  • Lemming Film
  • NPS
Distributed byIndependent Films
Release date
  • September 8, 2005 (2005-09-08)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguagesDutch
Arabic

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 (it was the highest grossing Dutch film in 2005 in The Netherlands).

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Awards

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The Best Supporting Actor Golden Calf was shared by supporting actors Yahya Gaier, Tygo Gernandt, Micha Hulshof, Gürkan Küçüksentürk and Mimoun Oaïssa

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