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Last Stop Paradise

Last Stop Paradise

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 1, 1998

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Romance, Crime, Drama

User Score

72%

Original Title

Terminus paradis

Production Companies

Le Studio de Creation Cinematographique du Ministere de la Culture, Direction du Développement et de la Coopération (DDC), Département Fédéral des Affaires Etrangères, Fondazione Montecinemaverita, MK2 Films, Canal+, Filmex

Director

Lucian Pintilie

Description

Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.