directed by: Ulrich Seidl, year: 2013
actors: Maria Hofstaetter, Margarete Tiesel, Johannes Krisch

Paradise: Hope follows a teenage Austrian girl whose life is shaped by the austere rules of her Catholic environment and a strained family life. Filmed in Seidl's characteristic long takes, the story observes her quiet longing for tenderness and freedom as she navigates faith, sexuality, and adult expectations. The film completes Seidl's Paradise trilogy with restrained, observational intensity, foregrounding the girl's inner world and offering a stark meditation on adolescence and religion.

Paradise, Drama, Psychological Drama, Coming Of Age, European Cinema, Catholicism