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Paradise: Love
Drama - 2012
Paradise: Love
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On the beaches of Kenya they're known as "Sugar Mamas" -- European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise. She goes from one Beach Boy to the next, from one disappointment to the next and finally she must recognize: On the beaches of Kenya love is a business.
Director:
,
Ulrich Seidl
Cast:
,
Maria Hofstätter
,
Margarethe Tiesel
,
Inge Maux
,
Peter Kazungu
,
Carlos Mkutano
,
Gabriel Mwarua
,
Melanie Lenz
,
Dunja Sowinetz
,
Helen Brugat
,
Josphat Hamisi

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Rated:
UNRATED
Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
27 Apr 2012
Country:
AT, FR, DE
Languages:
German
Budget:
$3,600,000
Revenue:
$24,267
Awards:
3 wins & 7 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
One of the most disturbing films I've seen in a very long time.
– Jordan Hoffman,
Film.com,
26 Apr 2013
rotten:
Ulrich Seidl: sadomasochistic provocateur or compassionate observer of the human condition?
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
2 May 2013
rotten:
The whole affair curdles into a feeling of unearned, defensive superiority.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 May 2013
fresh:
That churning in your stomach may be unpleasant, but it's necessary for the film to deliver its knockout punch.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 May 2013
fresh:
The striking compositions mingle childlike curiosity with adult decadence -- and natural beauty with garish consumer culture -- to provocative, even profound effect.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
31 May 2013
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