Paradise: Love
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67% Critic Match

Paradise: Love

6.7 / 10 2012 2h 1mNR German
Drama

Storyline

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, moving from beach to beach.

Cast & Crew

Margarethe Tiesel

Margarethe Tiesel

Teresa

Lead
PK

Peter Kazungu

Munga

Inge Maux

Inge Maux

Inge

Dunja Sowinetz

Dunja Sowinetz

Tourist

HB

Helen Brugat

Tourist

CM

Carlos Mkutano

Salama

GM

Gabriel Mwarua

Mohammed

JH

Josphat Hamisi

Josphat

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ulrich Seidl's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Paradise: Love is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker