A Paradise Too Far (2017)
Y'est où le paradis?
Upon learning of their mother's death, Samuel and Émilie, two mentally challenged siblings, run away from their group home in the middle of winter. As they go deeper and deeper in the forest, their relationship is put to the test.
- Date of release
- 2017-03-04
- TMDB
- 4.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Denis Langlois
Casting
- Maxime Dumontier — Samuel
- Marine Johnson — Emilie
- Mathieu Thibodeau — Samuel jeune
- Roseline Lamontagne — Emilie jeune
- Patrick Renaud — Jean
- Élyse Aussant — Diane
- Geneviève Morin-Dupont — Carole
- Mark Barakat — Yves
- Gisèle Trépanier — Monique
- Pierre Gaudette — Priest
- Tommy Gloutney — Choirboy
- Véronique Gallant — Mado
Interesting facts
A Paradise Too Far is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Langlois and released in 2017. The film stars Maxime Dumontier and Marine Johnson as Samuel and Émilie, a brother and sister with intellectual disabilities who are placed with foster parents Jean and Diane following the death of their mother Mado, but who lack a concrete understanding of the concept of death and run away from the foster home in an attempt to find Mado in Matchi-Manitou, where they believe she is.
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