Paradies: Hoffnung (2013)

The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp for overweight adolescents. Between physical education and nutrition counseling, pillow fights and her first cigarette, Melanie falls in love with the camp director, a doctor forty years her senior. As the doctor struggles with the guilty nature of his desire, Melanie had imagined her paradise differently.

year:2013

actor:Melanie LenzVerena Lehbauer

director:Ulrich Seidl

writer:Ulrich SeidlVeronika Franz

genre:Drama

country:AustriaFranceGermany

language:German

Duration:1h 32min

Release:2013-02-22

IMDb:6.7