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Paradise: Hope

Original title: Paradies: Hoffnung
  • 20132013
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
4.5K
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Melanie Lenz in Paradise: Hope (2013)
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The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Par... Read allThe final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her su... Read allThe final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp for overweight adolescents. Between physical education... Read all
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  • Director
    • Ulrich Seidl
  • Writers
    • Ulrich Seidl(screenplay)
    • Veronika Franz(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Melanie Lenz
    • Verena Lehbauer
    • Joseph Lorenz
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ulrich Seidl
  • Writers
    • Ulrich Seidl(screenplay)
    • Veronika Franz(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Melanie Lenz
    • Verena Lehbauer
    • Joseph Lorenz
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    • 6User reviews
    • 88Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Melanie Lenz
    Melanie Lenz
    • Melanieas Melanie
    Verena Lehbauer
    • Verenaas Verena
    Joseph Lorenz
    • Arztas Arzt
    Michael Thomas
    • Sporttraineras Sporttrainer
    Viviane Bartsch
    • Ernährungsberaterinas Ernährungsberaterin
    • (as Vivian Bartsch)
    Maria Hofstätter
    Maria Hofstätter
    • Tante Melanieas Tante Melanie
    Arabel Aigner
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Vanessa Ecker
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Ines Götz
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Alexia Greimel
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Tobias Kasper
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Renee Marat
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Sebastian Mertel
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Julia Metzner
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Christoph Miko
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Katharina Ocenasek
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Samantha Schulz
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    Simon Vorgatsch
    • Diätcamp Kindas Diätcamp Kind
    • Director
      • Ulrich Seidl
    • Writers
      • Ulrich Seidl(screenplay)
      • Veronika Franz(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Quotes

      Melanie: If you're happy and you know it, clap your fat. If you're happy and you know, clap your fat. If you're happy and you know it, and you really want to show it, if you're happy and you know it, clap your fat.

    • Connections
      Follows Paradise: Love (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      If you're happy and you know it
      (CRS Players)
      Volksweise - interpretiert von Viviane Bartsch und den Diätcamp Kindern

    User reviews6

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    6/10
    Someone did not like my first review.
    We find out that Anna Maria has a niece and that she is a daughter of the women sex vacationing in Kenya. So trilogy starts to make sense.

    Girls in their teens. The fat once. Fighting with pillows and talking about sex. But then the hairy Guy comes to train them and teach them how to try to loose fat. ;) I think that sending girls to the village is an idiotic thing, but girls who escaped, and went to a night club, dancing girls really gives us HOPE! I find this film weaker link of the other two. Especially the second one. Faith. Glaube. So powerful, that this one looks weaker. But it should not be underestimated. It should be watched together with other two. Very powerful trilogy!
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    • petarmatic
    • Mar 19, 2014

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 18, 2013 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Austria
      • France
      • Germany
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Austria)
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Paradis: Hopp
    • Filming locations
      • Gymnasium Sachsenbrunn, Kirchberg am Wechsel, Lower Austria, Austria
    • Production companies
      • Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion GmbH
      • Tatfilm
      • Coproduction Office
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $6,701
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,664
      • Dec 8, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $457,132
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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