PARADISE: HOPE
by Ulrich Seidl
synopsis
The third film in the Paradise Trilogy tell the story of the 13-years-old Melanie. While her mother (Theresa) travels to Kenya, Melanie spends her holiday in the Austrian countryside at a strict diet camp for overweight teenagers. Under the supervision of a tattooed trainer and a creepy doctor, the teenager attempt to do sports during the day and secretly get drunk in the evening. Between physical education and nutrition counseling, pillow fights and her first cigarette, Melanie falls in love with the doctor who is 40 years her senior.
international title: | Paradise: Hope |
original title: | Paradies: Hoffnung |
country: | Austria, France, Germany |
sales agent: | Coproduction Office |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Ulrich Seidl |
film run: | 91' |
release date: | AT 22/02/2013, NO 22/02/2013, FR 24/04/2013, BE 01/05/2013, NL 09/05/2013, DE 16/05/2013, DK 01/08/2013, UK 02/08/2013 |
screenplay: | Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz |
cast: | Melanie Lenz, Verena Lehbauer, Joseph Lorenz, Michael Thomas, Viviane Bartsch |
cinematography by: | Wolfgang Thaler, Ed Lachman |
film editing: | Christof Schertenleib |
art director: | Andreas Donhauser, Renate Martin |
costumes designer: | Tanja Hausner |
producer: | Ulrich Seidl |
production: | Seidl Film Produktion, Tatfilm, Coproduction Office |
backing: | Eurimages, Filmfonds Wien, Austrian Film Institute, Land Niederösterreich, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), MEDIA Programme |
distributor: | Stadtkino Filmverleih, Happiness Distribution, Neue Visionen Filmverleih GmbH, Eye Film Museum Distribution, Soda Pictures |