In Paradise

Fear of relegation goes real: a mother and her children, previously middle class, end up in social housing and do everything they can to get their old life back.

After her professional footballer husband ruins his marriage and his business and goes into hospital with burnout, Pia and her four children lose their wealth and social status and end up in "Paradise", a dreary social housing block on the outskirts of the city. Left behind in emotional chaos and with a mountain of debt, the family has to start a new life in paradise. Unlike Pia, the children soon settle in among the stranded and the life artists. Pia tries to get her old life back with biting remarks, an indomitable will and a lot of heart, while at the same time more or less successfully looking after her children, fighting against the acute lack of money and learning to emancipate herself between a Lebanese extended family, a permanently unemployed artist, an angel contact, his QAnon brother and a cryptic bicycle courier.

Keywords: child-parent relationships, familial relationships, interpersonal relationships

Director's note:
With Yasemin Samdereli we have a witty and talented directress for our project. Also, we are closely knit with Gina Wenzel who also shows strong interest in being part of our show. Naturally, we would love to get to work with filmmakers from other countries to add a new edge to PARADISE.

Producer's note:
IN PARADISE is a series about a family with authentic content and an unusual style. It tells the story of a family, a single mother and her four children, who slip through the social strata. In addition to the normal chaos, there are also money worries, fears of relegation, etc. This multi-perspective angle allows us to tell a wide range of stories. Each character has their own view of things and their problems. We can develop our visual language on the audiovisual level, depending on the protagonist. Because Pia's world looks different from that of her 14-year-old daughter or her 5-year-old son. Clichés are sometimes broken and sometimes not. The tone is therefore full of humour, but also black. The problems are real and absurd. We all are interested in family series. MODERN FAMILY, BETTER THINGS and SHAMELESS - they all picked us up where we are or were, in the family. Everyone has one, not everyone wants one, but you can't do without one.