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Paradise Is Burning

Paradise Is Burning

2023•1h 48m•5.6/10
Drama

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🎬TMDb
5.6/10(26)

Left to their own devices by their absent mother, Laura and her two sisters revel in the excitement of freedom, letting their days unfold without the constraints of adult supervision. However, when Laura receives a call that threatens to place them in foster care, she frantically searches for a substitute mother to avoid this fate.

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Production

Tuffi Films, HOBAB, Intramovies, Toolbox Film

Language

SV

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Bianca Delbravo

Bianca Delbravo

Laura

Dilvin Asaad

Dilvin Asaad

Mira

Safira Mossberg

Safira Mossberg

Steffi

Ida Engvoll

Ida Engvoll

Hanna

Mitja Sirén

Mitja Sirén

Sasha

Marta Oldenburg

Marta Oldenburg

Zara

Andrea Edwards

Andrea Edwards

Isabella Kjellberg

Alexander Öhrstrand

Alexander Öhrstrand

Hanna's Husband

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