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Paradise: Love
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Paradise: Love

2012-04-27 · 121 min · ★ 6.6

Drama

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.

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Production details

Directors
Ulrich Seidl
Production companies
Société Parisienne de Production, Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Tatfilm
Countries
Austria
Status
Released
Budget
USD 3,600,000
Revenue
USD 24,267

Top Cast

Margarethe TieselMargarethe TieselTeresa
Peter KazunguMunga
Inge MauxInge MauxInge
Dunja SowinetzDunja SowinetzTourist
Helen BrugatTourist
Carlos MkutanoSalama
Gabriel MwaruaMohammed
Josphat HamisiJosphat
Anderson MutisyaStripper
Maria HofstätterMaria HofstätterAnna Maria
Melanie LenzMelanie LenzMelanie

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