Paradise: Hope (2013)
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.
Director:
Ulrich Seidl
Writers:
Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz.
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Melanie Lenz as Melanie |
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Joseph Lorenz as Arzt |
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Verena Lehbauer as Verena |
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Michael Thomas as Sports Coach |
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Vivian Bartsch as Nutritionist |
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Johanna Schmid as Hanni |
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Maria Hofstätter as Anna Maria |
| Directing | Ulrich Seidl | Director |
| Writing | Ulrich Seidl | Screenplay |
| Camera | Edward Lachman | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Wolfgang Thaler | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Christof Schertenleib | Editor |
| Writing | Veronika Franz | Screenplay |
| Production | Eva Roth | Casting |
| Art | Andreas Donhauser | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tanja Hausner | Costume Design |
| Art | Renate Martin | Production Design |