Sunday 27 September 2026 17:15
languages : vostFR locations : Théâtre des Capucins
synopsis
In Cinque Terre on Italy’s northern Riviera, fewer than three thousand locals contend with over four million tourists each summer. Across one chaotic season, six very different lives play out in parallel, revealing a sharply funny and surprisingly tender story of paradise under pressure in the age of social-media driven tourism.
With cheeky flair, Gar O’Rourke’s "The Siege of Paradise" probes inquisitively into a cultural identity in jeopardy and, in the process, delivers a humorous and poignant story of paradise under pressure.
Tribeca Film Festival
Nighttime shots of overcrowded train stations and city squares appear more nightmarish than welcoming, leaving the viewer to mull over these bleaker images as the credits roll. At a time where the same issue has befallen so many places worldwide, "The Siege of Paradise" doesn’t take a purely didactic approach to its perspective; it’s up to the viewer to be critical enough to read between the lines.
Cineuropa
