| This Is Not Paradise | |
| Cinematography: | Pietro Sciortino |
| Producer: | Maurizio Pastrovich |
| Language: | Italian |
| Runtime: | 92 minutes |
This Is Not Paradise (Italian: '''Qui non รจ il paradiso''') is a 2000 Italian neo-noir film written and directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli and starring Fabrizio Gifuni. It is loosely based on actual events happened in Turin in 1996.[1]
It was nominated for two Silver Ribbons, for best screenplay and best original story.[2]
Renato and his best friend Walter live two unsatisfied lives. The two decide that the only way they can ever change for the better is by robbing a postal van and escape to Costa Rica. Their plan would be perfect were it not for an especially determined police commissioner called Lucidi. Lucidi retraces Renato and Walter's steps and reconstructs Renato's miserable life bit by bit.