Paradise: Love

Paradise: Love
Directed byUlrich Seidl
Written byUlrich Seidl
Veronika Franz
Produced byUlrich Seidl
StarringMargarethe Tiesel
Peter Kazungu
Inge Maux
CinematographyWolfgang Thaler
Ed Lachman
Edited byChristof Schertenleib
Production
companies
Ulrich Seidl Film
Coproduction Office
Distributed byStadtkino Filmverleih
Release dates
  • 18 May 2012 (2012-05-18) (Cannes)
  • 3 January 2013 (2013-01-03) (Germany)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryAustria
LanguagesGerman
English
Budget€3.6 million
Box office$1.7 million

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.