| Flight from Paradise | |
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| Directed by | Ettore Pasculli |
| Written by | Ettore Pasculli Lucio Mandarà |
| Produced by | Luciano Luna Claudia Mori Pupi Sambati |
| Starring | Fabrice Josso Inés Sastre Horst Buchholz |
| Cinematography | Alfio Contini |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
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Flight from Paradise (Italian: Fuga dal paradiso, French: La Fuite au paradis, Spanish: La fuga del paraíso, German: Ausbruch aus dem Paradies) is a 1990 post-apocalyptic science fiction film co-written and directed by Ettore Pasculli. It premiered at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.
Plot
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Cast
[edit]- Fabrice Josso as Téo
- Inés Sastre as Béatrice
- Horst Buchholz as Thor
- Aurore Clément as Sarah
- Jacques Perrin as Élisée
- Van Johnson as the Old Narrator
- Paolo Bonacelli as Eliah
- Lou Castel as Oleg
- Daniela Giordano as Gius
- Giovanni Visentin as Alex
- Lukas Ammann as Mait
- Barbara Cupisti as the Assassin
- Greta Vaillant
Production
[edit]A co-production between Italy, France, Spain, and Germany, the film was shot at Cinecittà during the summer of 1989, with a budget of about 6 billion lire.[1]
Release
[edit]The film premiered at the 47th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Fuoridiprogramma sidebar.[2]
Reception
[edit]A contemporary Variety review described the film as "a bizarre, incoherent sci-fi yarn", pointing out that "what remains unclear is what audience it could be destined for. At first glance a film for kids", it "has many scenes of ugly violence seemingly geared to adult viewers".[3] Corriere della Sera's film critic Maurizio Porro noted that despite "a few seductive images" the film was "an expensive confusion".[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Robiony, Simonetta (23 June 1989). "Scappano dal bunker per innamorarsi delia vita". La Stampa. No. 140. p. 24. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Tesorio, Giuseppe (18 September 1990). "Da Venezia oggi i superpremiati". Corriere della Sera. p. 46.
- ^ Yung. (5 November 1990). "Fuga dal paradiso". Variety Film Reviews, Vol. 21. Bowker. p. 646.
- ^ Porro, Maurizio (10 August 1991). "Guida ai film". Corriere della Sera. p. 31.
