简介：宛如人間天堂的峇里島，在2002年遭到伊斯蘭教激進份子的炸彈攻擊，造成嚴重傷亡，引起世界各國輿論譁然。然而被捕後的恐佈份子不但沒有悔意，還聲稱恐怖活動是阿拉的旨意，而參與聖戰可以讓他們進入天堂。殺戮是進入天堂的必經歷程嗎？天堂和地獄只在一念之間。 Indonesia,thecountryoftheeternalsmile,hasbeendisturbedinthelastfewyearsbyterroristattacksofMuslimfundamentalists.TheconfusioninthecountryisaninspirationsourceformanyIndonesianartists.InPromisedParadisewefollowthetroubadour-puppeteerAguswhocriticizestheturbulenceinhiscountryinhisperformances.AfteranotherbombinginJakarta,Agusdecidestogosearchingforanswers.TogettheseanswershegoestoBaliandconfrontshimselfwiththe"brain"behindthesuicidebombingofthediscothequeinBali,ImamSamudra,whoisinprisonawaitinghisexecution.Henotonlyinterviewsthestilllivingterroristinprison,butwiththehelpofMasterLeo,aparanormal,healsocommunicateswithoneofthedeadsuicideterrorists. LeonardRetelHELMRICHisaDutchfilmmakerofIndonesianorigin.GraduatedfromtheNetherlandsFilmAcademyinAmsterdam,Helmrichhasdirectedseveralaward-winningdocumentariesinhishomelandofIndonesia.Havingdevelopedaspecialshootingmethodcalled“singleshotcinema,”hegivesworkshopsallovertheworld.…