Merel Beernink

Merel Beernink finished her Theatre School (Eindhoven) in 1995. After seven years directing plays she turned to directing documentaries. For Dutch public broadcaster AVRO she made three series of portraits of photographers called Hollands Zicht (Dutch Vision). That Paradise Will Be Mine is her first long documentary. (09/09)

That Paradise Will Be Mine
A film by Merel Beernink, 2005, 54 min., Color
Why would a woman in one of the most liberal Western European countries choose to become a Muslim and faithfully follow the demands of her new convict...