Paradise: Love Page #2

Synopsis: 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 fifty-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise. She goes from one beach boy to the next, from one disappointment to the next and finally she must recognize: On the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Ulrich Seidl
Production: Strand Releasing
  3 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
UNRATED
Year:
2012
120 min
$16,952
171 Views


Made from pearls.

Flowers and stuff.

Ebony. When you come?

- Thanks, but I don't have any money.

Half-plant, half-fish.

It protects little fish...

It hides little fish

when big fish want to eat it.

See, sea anemone.

- Thank you, but not now. I want to...

I don't have the time now. Thanks.

Here, lady. just a little present.

Know how much?

- Not now, thanks.

I've no money on me.

- Only 300 schillings.

I have no idea

if I'm paying too much.

Okay. Here you go.

- Thanks, Mama. My name is Gabriel.

My name is Gabriel.

If you come back, you find me here.

We use our shoes, okay?

Use our shoes...

This is the goal. Kick your shoes

here. Then you are the winner.

Great. You.

That one's mine, sorry.

- Oh, sorry.

You speak German? From Vienna?

- Yes.

Where's mine?

- Here.

Are you Austrian too?

- Yes.

How funny.

The other side.

You start. What's your name?

- Inge.

Inge, you start.

Great. You.

What's he cleaning?

It's as shiny as bacon rind.

Why's he cleaning it?

An excuse to be close to you.

- To me? Maybe.

Who knows?

- He's as shiny as bacon rind too.

You there... Hello.

Like the Uncle Ben's man.

But he's as shiny as bacon rind.

Do you know what "Speckschwarte" is?

- Bacon rind?

Do you know what is "bacon rind"?

- No.

Do you know what is "blood sausage"?

Try it:
"Blunzen..."

"grstl."

He's a bit slow, I think.

But he's sweet.

- Do you like him?

Super cool.

Say, I look super cool.

Go away, please. This is insane!

How are you?

Did you sleep well?

Shall we take tuk-tuk?

Yes, we go in tuk-tuk.

Thank you.

Can you give me a condom?

That's fine.

First the key, then the condom.

Do you have change?

I'll get it later.

That's all right. Keep it.

That's okay.

Wait, do you have a condom?

Cool, fine.

Which way?

There?

- Room number 7, here.

I feel my feelings. Come on, Mommy.

It doesn't matter.

Everything okay?

- Yeah.

I'm the carving man.

- No, thank you.

I'm a specialist for carving.

- No, thank you.

How long you stay for?

- A long time. I'll come tomorrow.

The day after tomorrow.

- Good morning.

Hey there. Everything okay?

Even if you speak German,

I still won't buy from you.

Welcome.

- I'm not buying.

I don't have any money.

- No problem.

Tomorrow, or the day after.

- Our boat, our boat!

Want to go for a boat ride?

- What?

I really want to be by myself.

Please. Please!

- Here, Africa. Everybody friends.

Alone? Don't be afraid.

- I'm not afraid.

Tomorrow we can do everything.

The day after, pole-pole.

I'm not afraid.

You want me to get mad?

You understand "mad"?

Do you know what mad is?

Mad is...

Excuse me.

The reef is out there.

Today only look.

- Only looky-looky.

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Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Maria Seidl (born 24 November 1952 in Vienna) is an Austrian film director, writer and producer. In 2005 he was a member of the jury at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.His film Dog Days was shot over three years during the hottest days of summer. Among other awards, it won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice in 2001. His 2012 film Paradise: Love competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The sequel Paradise: Faith won the Special Jury Prize at the 69th Venice International Film Festival. The final part of the trilogy, Paradise: Hope, premiered in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.Seidl was scheduled to attend the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival, but cancelled his visit due to the political tension in the region. more…

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