Martin Koolhoven's Schnitzel Paradise (Dutch: Het Schnitzelparadijs) is a 2005 Dutch comedy film about Dutch-Moroccan Nordip Dounia who starts working in a restaurant kitchen and falls in love with Agnes Meerman, niece of the hotel's manager. Nordip has to overcome not only Agnes's family's prejudices but also his father's wishes as to his future.
The film was a huge success in The Netherlands, attracting nearly 342,000 visitors in 2005, and becoming the highest grossing Dutch film in 2005.
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Plot
After obtaining his school diploma, Nordip looks for a vacation job and is hired as a dishwasher at hotel restaurant 'De Blauwe Gier'. In the kitchen, Nordip encounters people of various different cultures, including two bickering Moroccans, a well-meaning Turk, a hardrocker chef, and his sadistic sous-chef right hand man. Nordip also falls in love with Agnes, the hotel owner's niece.
Cast
Mounir Valentyn as Nordip Dounia
Bracha van Doesburgh as Agnes Meerman
Mimoun Oaïssa as Amimoen
Yahya Gaier as Mo
Tygo Gernandt as Goran
Gürkan Küçüksentürk as Ali
Micha Hulshof as Sander
Frank Lammers as Willem
Sabri Saad El-Hamus as Mr. Doenia
Nezha Karim as Mrs. Doenia
Mohammed Chaara as Nadir Dounia
Linda van Dyck as Nina Meerman
Sanne Vogel as Claudia
Awards
Film Discovery Jury Award - U.S. Comedy Arts Festival - Won
Best Performance in a Foreign Film won by Micha Hulshof
Golden Film (100,000 visitors) - Won
Skip City International D-Cinema Festival Award for Best Screenplay - Won
Golden Calf for Best Director - Nominated
Golden Calf for Best Editing - Nominated
Golden Calf for Best Production Design - Nominated
Golden Calf for Best Supporting Actor - Won
The Best Supporting Actor Golden Calf was shared by supporting actors Yahya Gaier, Tygo Gernandt, Micha Hulshof, Gürkan Küçüksentürk and Mimoun Oaïssa