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Paradise: Faith

2013 · 109 min

A confrontational, slow-burn study of religious obsession that is uncomfortable and unflinching, with moments of raw emotional intensity.

Directed by
Ulrich Seidl
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, Natalija Baranova
Overview
For Anna Maria, paradise lies with Jesus, and she devotes her time to door-to-door missionary work. One day after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home—and soon prayers are replaced by fighting.

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Directed by
Ulrich Seidl
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, Natalija Baranova
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • faith
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Ulrich Seidl
Written by
Veronika Franz, Ulrich Seidl
Starring
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Cinematography
Edward Lachman, Wolfgang Thaler
Runtime
109 min
Country
Austria, Germany, France
Languages
German, Arabic

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