Originally set up to be one film with “three women, three holidays and three loves“, Ulrich Seidl decided to break them apart with Paradise: Love being launched in Cannes, with Paradise: Faith, Paradise: Hope to follow. Scripted by Seidl and producer Veronika Franz this pits Maria Hofstätter in an unflattering, ugly tourist role against non-professional actors known for hustling foreigners, or as they’re commonly known in this film, Sugar-mommies. Seidl was previously at the fest with 2007′s Import/Export which would probably rank a lot higher than what our critics (almost unanimously) think is a 2 star rating type of film. Click to enlarge!
"Ron and I wanted to make a film that looked at what it means to be an outsider and we wanted to explore what it takes to reach out to someone whose life is very removed from your own."
