Lost in Paradise

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PRESS MATERIALS

I’M IN TROUBLE / ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Michael Fehr & Rico Baumann

REVIEWS

CINEUROPA, An irreverent comedy, Muriel Del Don, 01.02.2022

Blick, Bernerin lässt K-I-T-T auferstehen, Jean-Claude Galli, 17.05.2022

Swiss T V, Gesichter & Geschichten, SRF, 09.05.2022

Radio Prague International, Schweizerisch-Tschechische Tragikomödie, Till Janzer, 19.11.2021

Otec utekl do ráje, kterým syn pohrdá. Kdo je svobodnější? iDNES, Mirka Spáčilová, 15. 11. 2021

ARTICLES

Grosses Berner Filmschaffen, Tages Anzeiger, Martin Burkhalter, 23.01.2022

“Lost in Paradise” – die neue Schweizer Feel-Good-Komödie, St. Galler Tagblatt, Anja Nora Schulthess, 11.05.2022

First-ever Czech-Swiss co-production Lost in Paradise shoots in Prague, Cineuropa, Martin Kudláč, 01.08.2019

debut feature by Fiona Ziegler

SYNOPSIS

Evžen could have gone down the safe path, studied dentistry in Switzerland and having taken over his father’s practice. Instead, he decides to explore his native country, from where his father emigrated in 1968, and goes to Prague to open a music club. But man proposes, God disposes – Evžen finds himself suddenly back on the road to Switzerland, while in his head, he recapitulates the mistakes he made. Lost in Paradise is a tragicomic mosaic about remorse, the differing values of two cultures, and an absurd road movie that takes us from the heart of Bohemia into “the Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie” and towards the reconciliation of a father-son story.

PROJECT DETAILS

Original title: Ztraceni v ráji / Lost in Paradise 
Length: 75 min
 Country: Switzerland, Czech Republic,
 Produced by: Catpics (CH), Cinémotif Films (CZ) 
Co-produced by: FAMU 
With the support of: Czech Film Fund, Nadační fond Praha ve filmu Prague Film Fund, Berner Filmförderung, Zürcher Filmstiftung, Bonny Stiftung für die Freiheit, Succès passage antenne SRG SSR, Ursula Wirz Stiftung, Bundesamt für Kultur, Burgergemeinde Bern, Gemeinde Muri-Gümligen 
Shooting format: Digital 2K / Color
 Screen ratio: 1:2,39
 Format: 5.1, 24 fps
 Original language: Czech, German, Swiss German 
Distribution Czech and Slovakia: CinemArt
Distribution Switzerland: Frenetic-Films
Streamer: Netflix CZ & SK, Apple TV (CZ), PlaySuisse (CH)

CREDITS

Writer: Fiona Ziegler 
Director: Fiona Ziegler 
Producer: Rajko Jazbec, Kristýna Michálek Květová 
Cinematography: Yvona Teysslerová 
Editor: Christof Schertenleib, Luka Đikanović, Fiona Ziegler
 Sound: Jan Richtr
 Music: Martin Skalský 
Art Director: Ivana Kanhäuserová 
Costume Designer: Michela Flück, Naděžda Rejmanová 
Cast: Hana Vagnerová, Dominique Jann, Ivan Pokorný, Andri Schenardi, Heidi Maria Glössner, Peter Jecklin, Matyáš Řezníček, Robert Nebřenský, Vratislav Brabenec

WORKSHOPS

MFI Script2Film
Crossroads Co-Production Forum
Midpoint | Script Development Workshop Norway

FESTIVALS

28th Prague IFF Febiofest 2021; Eastern Delights
13th Ostrava Kamera Oko Film Festival 2021; Opening Film 
57th Solothurn Film Festival 2022; Nomination: Prix du Public 
KinEst Fest Catania 2022; Public Award: Best Film 
Kino na Granicy / Kino na hranici 2022
 International Road Movie Festival Pilsen 2022 Das Filmfest 2022 – Festival deutschsprachiger Filme
 BE MOVIE – Festival des Berner Films 2022