Movie

Paradise

2016 · 130 min

A stark, slow meditation on love and survival under fascism, shot in austere black and white.

Overview: The historical drama set during the Second World War centres on three people whose paths cross: a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French resistance, a French collaborator and a high-ranking German SS officer.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: War, love, fate, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: war
love
fate
survival
morality
Places: prison
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild