Paradise: Love (2012)
- Original title
- Paradies: Liebe
- Directed by
- Ulrich Seidl
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Germany, France, Austria
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 226 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A 50-year-old Austrian woman goes to Kenya seeking sex with local men. The film follows her encounters and the transactional, awkward relationships that form.
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What happens
Paradise: Love (German: Paradies: Liebe) is a 2012 drama film directed by Ulrich Seidl and co-written with Veronika Franz. It tells the story of a 50-year-old Austrian woman who travels to Kenya as a sex tourist. An Austrian production with co-producers in Germany and France, it is the first installment in Seidl's Paradise trilogy, a project first conceived as one film with three parallel stories; succeeded by Faith and Hope. Paradise: Love competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. It subsequently screened within such festivals as Toronto International Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival and New Zealand International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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