Stranger In Paradise

— This film walks the line between fiction and documentary, something increasingly common in “documentary” films. In this case, Europe’s power relationship with refugees is observed in a dramatized Sicilian classroom setting where recent refugees are instructed by a teacher who can be gentle and fatherly, but at other times incredibly negative, sowing despair among those seeking happiness. The audience sees the roller coaster ride the refugees are on and understands instinctively the metaphor, but is left on its own to figure out what it thinks of the relationship. (Shown at True/False Film Fest 2017.)

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[2016. 77 min. Written and directed by Guido Hendrikxx. Featuring Valentijn Dhaenens.]
http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/guido-hendrikx-immigration-doc-stranger-in-paradise-idfa-1201921740/