A single woman in her 50's devotes her vacations to doing Catholic missionary work in Vienna, descending into violent self-punishment as part of her faith.
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Ulrich Seidl
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Title: Paradise: Faith (2012)
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6 wins & 5 nominations.
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Cast
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| Maria Hofstätter | ... | Anna Maria | |
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Nabil Saleh | ... | Nabil |
| René Rupnik | ... | Herr Rupnik | |
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Natalya Baranova | ... | Betrunkene Russin (as Natalija Baranova) |
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Trude Masur | ... | Ehepaar |
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Dieter Masur | ... | Ehepaar |
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Michaela Hurdes-Galli | ... | Frau mit Katze / Legio Herz Jesu |
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Gulcan Jafarova | ... | Familie |
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Sevinc Jafarova | ... | Familie |
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Rafael Asadov | ... | Familie |
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Miriam Asadov | ... | Familie |
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Jafaraw Rafail | ... | Familie |
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Kenan Rafail | ... | Familie |
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Martina Spitzer | ... | Legio Herz Jesu |
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Heinrich Herki | ... | Legio Herz Jesu |
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Anna Maria, a single woman in her 50s, devotes her summer vacation to doing missionary work, so that Austria may be brought back to the path of virtue. On her daily pilgrimage through Vienna, she goes from door to door, carrying a foot-high statue of the Virgin Mary. When her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home after years of absence, her life is turned upside down. Written by Anonymous
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Release Date:
21 March 2013 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$2,179, 25 August 2013Gross USA:
$6,508Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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It's hard to know what to make of Ulrich Siedl's 'Paradise' trilogy, a series of films about the lives of unhappy middle-aged women. 'Faith' tells the story of someone dementedly committed to spreading the love of Jesus, in a life tragically devoid of any love from other humans. Her unexplained marriage to a paralysed, Muslim man is the source of especial unhappiness, although she seeks out misery apparently believing this is what God wants of her. It's grim, and believable, but the purpose of the first two films, with their pathetic yet unsympathetic protagonists and complete lack of redemption narrative, remains unclear. Somehow I'm not expecting a song-and-dance in film three either.