PARADISE: FAITH
by Ulrich Seidl
synopsis
For Annamaria, an X-ray technician, paradise lies with Jesus. She devotes her vacation to missionary work, so that Austria may be brought back to the path of virtue. On her daily pilgrimage through Vienna, she goes from door to door, carrying a foot-high statue of the Virgin Mary. One day, after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home. Hymns and prayers are now joined by fighting.
international title: | Paradise: Faith |
original title: | Paradies: Glaube |
country: | Austria, Germany, France |
sales agent: | Coproduction Office |
year: | 2012 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ulrich Seidl |
film run: | 113' |
release date: | NO 25/12/2012, BE 13/03/2013, NL 14/03/2013, DE 21/03/2013, FR 24/04/2013, DK 16/05/2013, UK 05/07/2013 |
screenplay: | Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz |
cast: | Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh |
cinematography by: | Wolfgang Thaler, Ed Lachman |
film editing: | Christof Schertenleib |
producer: | Ulrich Seidl |
co-producer: | Christine Ruppert, Philippe Bober |
production: | Seidl Film Produktion, Tatfilm, Coproduction Office |
backing: | MEDIA Programme |
distributor: | Stadtkino Filmverleih, Eye Film Museum Distribution, Happiness Distribution, Lumière, Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH, Soda Pictures |