A Paradise Too Far () is a Canadian drama film, directed by Denis Langlois and released in 2017.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Y’est où le paradis? – Film de Denis Langlois". Films du Québec, November 11, 2017. The film stars Maxime Dumontier and Marine Johnson as Samuel and Émilie, a brother and sister with intellectual disabilities who are placed with foster parents Jean (Patrick Renaud) and Diane (Élyse Aussant) following the death of their mother Mado (Véronique Gallant), but who lack a concrete understanding of the concept of death and run away from the foster home in an attempt to find Mado in Matchi-Manitou, where they believe she is.Éric Moreault, "Y'est où le paradis?: quête de sens". Le Soleil, November 16, 2017.
The film's cast also includes Mathieu Thibodeau and Roseline Lamontagne as Samuel and Émilie in younger childhood flashbacks, as well as Geneviève Morin-Dupont, Marc Barakat, Gisèle Trépanier and Brad Gros-Louis in supporting roles.
The film was shot in winter 2016 in Laval, Oka, La Prairie and Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, Quebec.
The film had its world premiere at the Miami Film Festival on March 4, 2017,Charles-Henri Ramond, "Première mondiale de Y’est où le paradis?". Films du Québec, February 28, 2017. and had its Canadian premiere in November at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival,Frédéric Bouchard, "FCIAT : Dans « Y’est où le paradis ? », Denis Langlois filme la jalousie fraternelle sous un ciel hivernal". Qui Fait Quoi, November 3, 2017. before going into limited commercial release in Quebec on November 17.
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