Paradise: Love
| Paradise: Love | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ulrich Seidl |
| Written by | Ulrich Seidl Veronika Franz |
| Produced by | Ulrich Seidl |
| Starring | Margarethe Tiesel Peter Kazungu Inge Maux |
| Cinematography | Wolfgang Thaler Ed Lachman |
| Edited by | Christof Schertenleib |
Production companies | Ulrich Seidl Film Coproduction Office |
| Distributed by | Stadtkino Filmverleih |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Austria |
| Languages | German 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.