Paradise Hills (2019)

Uma wakes up in an apparently idyllic school for young ladies called Paradise, meant to reform her and her new friends. But there's a darker secret behind its walls.

Director:

Alice Waddington

Writers:

Brian DeLeeuw, Nacho Vigalondo

Stars:

Emma Roberts, Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina

12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emma Roberts	...	Uma
Danielle Macdonald	...	Chloe
Awkwafina	...	Yu
Eiza González	...	Amarna
Milla Jovovich	...	The Duchess
Jeremy Irvine	...	Markus
Arnaud Valois	...	Son
Nancy Jack	...	Eloise
Julia Stresen-Reuter Ramírez	...	Uma (7)
Ted Stresen-Reuter	...	Uma's Father
Lesley Grant	...	Resident Girl 2
Erica Bertamini Hoashi	...	Resident girl 1 (as Erica Bertamini)
Julia Atsu	...	Resident Girl 4
Daniel Horvath	...	Favorite 1
Lea Isabel Schaaf	...	Resident Girl 3 (as Lea Schaaf)

Storyline

In an undetermined future, society has divided in two types: upper-class or "superiors", and the rest of the world, mid and lower-class, named "inferiors". Uma is a superior teen girl who reluctant to marry with another superior named Son to be fall in love of an inferior named Markus, her mother sends her to Paradise Hills, a school for young ladies to reform rebel girls located in a remote island in the middle of the ocean. Waking up in Paradise not knowing how she arrived there, in the island she meets another students of the school: Amarna, a world pop star who was sent after she decided sing her own songs against the will of her parents and the music company that produces her albums; Chloe, an over-weight girl which parents want to turn her in a perfect woman, thin and complaint; and Yu, an inferior that after the loss of her parents was sent with her superiors aunt and uncle, who wants to make perfect and superior as them. At the same time that Uma meets the eccentric and ...

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Plot Keywords:

f rated | future | island | rehabilitation center | school for troubled youth | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 October 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Paradise Hills

Filming Locations:

Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

EUR6,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$283,441

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nostromo Pictures, Colina Paraiso AIE, Radio Televisión Española (RTVE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2:1

Did You Know?

Trivia

It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2019. Shortly after, Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired distribution rights to the film. It is scheduled to be released on November 1, 2019.

User Reviews

Wasted Talent

Nice and interesting looks/visuals meet slow plot and a too obvious/blunt metaphor to our modern society (or the critic of) - some of the twists are rather flat (the resolution) or the nature of the Dutchess (how does that make any sense) is out of place. The more you watch the inflation of movies one realizes that writing a good book or script is an art of its own that not many really master. That's in my opinion the weak spot of most movie productions in recent years - the script/story. Anyway, like said, Paradise Hills got nice visuals, a pro production and good acting but lacks heavily any quality regarding the story told. Also I must say (just an example), the rather "well build" girl did - despise the rigorose diet in Paradise Hills - not lose one pound of weight in the movie, but that's the difference a dedicated actor makes - sometimes you gotta do more than just talk and act to fit into or fill a role. To sum it up: mediocre, okay if you wanna some balm for your eyes. Paradise Hills reminds me a lot of The Dead Don't Die - both movies are rather a waste of talent and means and a missed opportunity to make something good and memorable.