Paradise: Hope
About Paradise: Hope
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.
Paradise: Hope is a 2013 drama film directed by Ulrich Seidl. It runs 92 minutes and was released in February 2013.
Melanie Lenz takes the lead as Melanie, Joseph Lorenz as Arzt, Verena Lehbauer as Verena, and Michael Thomas as Sports Coach. Written by Ulrich Seidl and Veronika Franz.
Shelv files it under nightclub, seduction, camp, and crush.
Lolita, Dressed to Kill, and El señor doctor make useful companions to Paradise: Hope, all filed under desire and doctor. It scores 6.2 out of 10 from 134 TMDB voters.