'Paradise' - World Premiere for the Near-Future Thriller at the Munich International Film Festival

From left: Boris Kunz, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Iris Berben, Numan Acar, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Marlene Tanczik, Simon Amberger, Corinna Kirchhoff and Kostja Ullmann (Credit: Hannes Magerstädt/Netflix) Producers: Simon Amberger, Korbinian Dufter, Rafael Parente Director: Boris Kunz Director of Photography: Christian Stangassinger Screenplay: Peter Kocyla, Boris Kunz und Simon Amberger Production Design: Marc Bitz, Josef Brandl Cast: Kostja Ullmann, Iris Berben, Marlene Tanczik, Corinna Kirchhoff, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Alina Levshin, Lorna Ishema, Numan Acar and Lisa Loven Kongsli Production: NEUESUPER GmbH

 From July 27, exclusively on Netflix! 

Watch the trailer HERE.

Munich, June 24, 2023 – Yesterday evening, the near-future thriller Paradise, from Munich-based production firm NEUESUPER, celebrated its world premiere at the Munich International Film Festival. The event was attended by cast members Iris Berben, Kostja Ullmann, Marlene Tanczik, Corinna Kirchhoff, Lisa-Marie Koroll, Alina Levshin, Lisa Loven Kongsli and Numan Acar as well as director Boris Kunz and producer Simon Amberger. 

The cast and crew met in a relaxed setting at the Munich brasserie Schreiberei before heading to the premiere at ASTOR Film Lounge im ARRI, Munich. The tense thriller had the audience on the edge of their seats at the sold-out event.

About Paradise

Trade your life for money: In the not-too-distant future, a method for transferring years of your life from one person to another has changed the world forever and turned biotech start-up AEON into a billion-dollar pharmaceutical company.

Max and Elena live an almost perfect life. But when the couple is faced with unexpected insurance claims that they can’t pay, everything quickly changes. To pay off their debts, Elena (Marlene Tanczik) must “pay” with 40 years of her life. Robbed of their life together, their future lies in tatters. Max (Kostja Ullmann), who works for AEON, tries everything he can to get Elena’s lost years back. But nothing will ever be the same again.

The gripping thriller set in the near future was produced by Simon Amberger, Korbinian Dufter and Rafael Parente from NEUESUPER GmbH (Hindafing, Luden). The screenplay was written by director Boris Kunz (Hindafing, Breaking Even) together with Peter Kocyla (Luden) and Simon Amberger. Christian Stangassinger (Barbarians, Season 1) acts as Director of Photography, with Marc Bitz (Baghead) and Josef Brandl (The Goldfish) on set design. Kostja Ullmann (My Blind Date with Life) and Iris Berben (How About Adolf?) star alongside Corinna Kirchhoff (Die Diplomatin), Marlene Tanczik (Never Look Away), Lisa-Marie Koroll (Ze Network), Alina Levshin (Combat Girls), Lorna Ishema (Hyperland), Numan Acar (Homeland) and Lisa Loven Kongsli (Force Majeure).

About NEUESUPER

NEUESUPER was founded in 2010 by Simon Amberger, Korbinian Dufter and Rafael Parente. The production company focuses on high-quality series and movies for the national and international market. In 2018, NEUESUPER was awarded the Bayerischer Fernsehpreis and the Romy Television Award for Hindafing. Besides drama series like Eight Days for Sky and the ZDFneo series Breaking Even, the company has created Tatort: Dreams, produced in collaboration with BR, the sitcom Wrong for RTL+, the high-end series Luden for Prime Video and the adaptation I don’t work here for ZDFneo, among others. Neue Geschichten vom Pumuckl for RTL+ and the near-future thriller Paradise for Netflix are currently in post-production.

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