• Director(s)

    Mika Gustafson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    30/08/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg

Film

Paradise is Burning

very strong language, drug misuse

Abandoned by her mother, a 16-year-old girl struggles with the responsibility of caring for her young sisters in the face of an impending visit by social services in this poignant Swedish coming-of-age drama.…

Abandoned by her mother, a 16-year-old girl struggles with the responsibility of caring for her young sisters in the face of an impending visit by social services in this poignant Swedish coming-of-age drama.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

language

sex

drugs

injury detail

dangerous behaviour

theme

alcohol and smoking

  • Director(s)

    Mika Gustafson

  • Production Year

    2023

  • Release date

    30/08/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Bianca Delbravo, Dilvin Asaad, Safira Mossberg

very strong language, drug misuse
Classified Date:
20/08/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Conic Films Limited
violence
Children are shown slapping and hitting each other in a scene of moderate violence.
language
There is use of very strong language (‘c**t’) and strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘screw’, ‘piss’, ‘bastard’, ‘shit’, ‘bullshit’, ‘tits’ and ‘boobs’, as well as use of the ‘middle finger’ gesture.
sex
There are infrequent moderate sex references. A 16-year-old character and an adult woman appear to form a romantic attachment, but their relationship goes no further than a brief kiss.
drugs
The film contains infrequent depiction of marijuana misuse.
injury detail
Mild injury detail includes brief sight of nosebleeds. A child squashes raw steak in her hands and smears the blood on her face. There is also a brief sequence of projectile vomiting.
dangerous behaviour
A teenager hits herself in the face with a rock, creating a bloody cut on her eyebrow, in order to pretend she has recently been in a fight. Another scene shows a girl using an iron and ironing board to straighten her hair.
theme
There are scenes of emotional upset and child neglect, as a 16-year-old struggles to get by when she and her young siblings are left to fend for themselves for months.
alcohol and smoking
Adults, teens and young children are depicted drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes.
Classified Date:
20/08/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Conic Films Limited

  • Classified date

    20/08/2024

  • Language

    Swedish