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.
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Cast
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
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.
Release
The film premiered at the 47th edition of the Venice Film Festival, in the Fuoridiprogramma sidebar.
Reception
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". Corriere della Sera's film critic Maurizio Porro noted that despite "a few seductive images" the film was "an expensive confusion".