Paradise: Hope

2013 · directed by Ulrich Seidl

Rating
72/100
Hit
no

Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and nutrition classes, pillow fights and first cigarettes, she falls in love with a doctor 40 years her senior.

Paradise: Hope (2013), directed by Ulrich Seidl, rates 72/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Melanie Lenz
  • Joseph Lorenz
  • Verena Lehbauer
  • Michael Thomas
  • Vivian Bartsch
  • Johanna Schmid
  • Maria Hofstätter

Crew

  • Edward Lachman — Director of Photography
  • Wolfgang Thaler — Director of Photography
  • Christof Schertenleib — Editor
  • Ulrich Seidl — Screenplay
  • Veronika Franz — Screenplay

More from Ulrich Seidl

  1. Rimini (2022) — 76/100
  2. Import/Export (2007) — 75/100
  3. Paradise: Love (2012) — 69/100
  4. In the Basement (2014) — 69/100
  5. Paradise: Faith (2013) — 66/100
  6. Dog Days (2001) — 64/100

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