Paradise: Hope

The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp for overweight adolescents. Between physical education and nutrition counseling, pillow fights and her first cigarette, Melanie falls in love with the camp director, a doctor forty years her senior. As the doctor struggles with the guilty nature of his desire, Melanie had imagined her paradise differently.

Grosses

Russia/CIS
$26,157
Summary Details
DistributorKino Bez Granits
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Opening$5,810
13 theaters
Release DateAug 15, 2013
Running Time1 hr 32 min
GenresDrama
In Release139 days/19 weeks
Widest Release14 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Aug 8-1123$6,738-14-$481$6,738-
Aug 15-1821$5,810-13-$446$20,4571
Aug 22-2529$3,008-48.2%9-4$334$26,1572