“Hell in Paradise,” an action-packed survival thriller hailing from “Lucy” producers at EuropaCorp, has dropped a gripping first trailer. Directed by Leila Sy and produced by Virginie Silla, the movie is headlined a powerful female duo, Nora Arnezeder and Maria Bello.
Inspired by a true story, “Hell in Paradise” stars Arnezeder as Nina, a young French girl who leaves her native Marseille and accepts her first job as a receptionist at a luxurious hotel resort on a magnificent island of the Maldives, hoping for a better life. But when a tragedy befalls the hotel, Nina is propelled in a relentless spiral of lies and manipulations. Wrongly accused and sentenced to life in prison, she will have no other choice but to run between traps and escape this paradise turned into hell. Karine Silla (“A Butterfly Kiss”) penned the script.
Gregoire Melin’s Kinology handles international sales on the hot project which complements EuropaCorp’s roster of hit franchises from Luc Besson, from “Taken” to “Lucy.”
The film is “a story of resilience, a reminder that you should never give up, even in the darkest moments. That’s the power of cinema: experiencing powerful emotions,” said Sy, who is best known for directing “Street Flow” (“Banlieusards”), a 2016 action film she co-directed with Kery James for Netflix and topped the chart of the most watched movies on the streamer.
Silla previously told Variety when announcing the project that she felt compelled to tell this “story of empowerment” about “this young woman who has to take control of her own destiny” after getting “caught in a web of lies, in a culture she knows nothing about, and she surrounded by men who see her as an easy prey.”
The cast of completed by Josephine de la Baume, Alyy Khan, Shubahm Saraf and Ranjit Krishnama.
“Hell in Paradise” will be released in French theaters on Nov. 26.
