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The story is based on the testimony of Betty Jeffrey, as written in her 1954 book White Coolies. The 1965 book Song of Survival by Helen Colijn (granddaughter of Hendrikus Colijn), another camp survivor, is not listed in the film's credits as being a source for this film, although Colijn is thanked for her help in the credits.
Apr 18, 1997 · Bruce Beresford's “Paradise Road” tells the story of a group of women who were held prisoner in a Japanese internment camp for most of World War II. If you were told this story by one of the survivors, you would shake your head in amazement and marvel at her courage.
Apr 11, 1997 · Paradise Road: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Glenn Close, Frances McDormand, Pauline Collins, Cate Blanchett. A group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II use music to relieve their misery.
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- Drama, History, War
- Bruce Beresford
- 1997-04-11
Apr 7, 1997 12:00am PT. Paradise Road. Based on extensive research of true incidents, Bruce Beresford's "Paradise Road" is an honorable and even noble effort to pay tribute to the...
Bruce Beresford’s feature film, Paradise Road, announces itself in large print to be "based on a true story". The preview, as previews often do, goes further, and claims it as "the extraordinary true story".
Paradise Road is based on a true World War II story of a boat load of women and children fleeing the imminent Japanese occupation of the then British colony. The boat is sunk and survivors made it to the shore of an island that was already occupied by the Japanese military, where they are herded into a brutal prison camp.
The plot of Paradise Road. American war film about a group of English, American, Australian, and Dutch women imprisoned by the Japanese in Sumatra during World War II. Starring Glenn Close
