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62% Critic Match
Paradise: Hope
“Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.”
6.2 / 10• 2013• 1h 32m•NR• German
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Melanie Lenz
Melanie
Lead
Joseph Lorenz
Arzt
VL
Verena Lehbauer
Verena
Michael Thomas
Sports Coach
Vivian Bartsch
Nutritionist
JS
Johanna Schmid
Hanni
Maria Hofstätter
Anna Maria
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ulrich Seidl's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Paradise: Hope is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
