Movie

Paradise: Love

2012 · 121 min

A slow, uncomfortable plunge into loneliness and exploitation, observed with unflinching realism and a cold, pitying eye.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and satirical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, class, race, sexuality
Content: Strong sexual content and language. Mild violence. No gore.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
class
race
sexuality
loneliness
Places: sea
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong