Snow in Paradise
5.2 /10 1 Votes5.2
50% Rotten Tomatoes Director Andrew Hulme Music director Kevin Pollard Country United Kingdom | 4.5/10 IMDb 2.9/5 AlloCine Genre Thriller Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 21 May 2014 (2014-05-21) (Cannes)13 February 2015 (2015-02-13) (UK) Writer Martin Askew, Andrew Hulme Screenplay Martin Askew, Andrew Hulme Cast Frederick Schmidt (Dave), Martin Askew (Uncle Jimmy), (Micky), Aymen Hamdouchi (Tariq), Claire-Louise Cordwell (Theresa), Amira Ghazalla (Mrs. Anwar)Similar movies Catch Me Daddy (2014), The Painted Smile (1962), The Spiral Staircase (1975), Twenty8k (2012), Cafe Colette (1937) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A petty criminal living on drugs and violence in London tries to change his life after being responsible of his best friends death, but his old life comes back to test him.
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Snow in Paradise is a 2014 British thriller film directed by Andrew Hulme and co-written by Hulme and Martin Askew, who also co-stars in the film. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film had its UK premier at the Curzon Soho as part of the London Film Festival.
Hard-hitting character study that's based on the real story of one man's journey to control his violence through religion. It takes us from the blood soaked East End of London to the world of the Islamic whirling dervishes.
Plot
Petty criminal Dave lives in London, high on crime and drugs. After a heist gone wrong brings about his best friends death, he turns to Islam for finding peace to his feelings for shame and remorse. But soon his past life comes back to haunt him.
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