Paradise: Love
2012
· Movie
· 121 min
C
MEANRANK
68/100
Every rating
59–76
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic users on 59, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 76.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →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.
Details
- Director
- Ulrich Seidl
- Writers
- Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz
- Released
- 27 April 2012
- Country
- Austria
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Budget
- $3.6M
- Box office
- $24.3K
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
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| 25th European Film Awards 2012 | Best Actress | Margarethe Tiesel | Nominee |
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25th European Film Awards
1 nomination
| Best Actress | Margarethe Tiesel | Nominee |