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Paradise: Hope

Paradise: Hope

Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.

Part of Paradise Trilogy

2013•1h 32m•6.2/10
Drama

Ratings

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6.2/10(124)

Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and nutrition classes, pillow fights and first cigarettes, she falls in love with a doctor 40 years her senior.

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Production

Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Société Parisienne de Production, Tatfilm

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Melanie Lenz

Melanie Lenz

Melanie

Joseph Lorenz

Joseph Lorenz

Arzt

Verena Lehbauer

Verena

Michael Thomas

Michael Thomas

Sports Coach

Vivian Bartsch

Vivian Bartsch

Nutritionist

Johanna Schmid

Hanni

Maria Hofstätter

Maria Hofstätter

Anna Maria

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