Paradise: Love

Paradise: Love

Directed by Ulrich Seidl

Produced by Société Parisienne de Production, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion

2012121 min6.7 / 10

A bleak, unflinching examination of transactional desire and exploitation across lines of class, race, and age, told with observational distance and moral ambiguity.

On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise, moving from beach to beach.

Questions people ask

  • Is Paradise: Love sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of films.

  • Does Paradise: Love end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 96% of films.

  • Is Paradise: Love easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Paradise: Love violent? Not especially. Less violent than 62% of films.

  • Is Paradise: Love scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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67/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity77

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise71

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Paradise: Love, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Paradise: Love, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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