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

Belgium
$8,636
Summary Details
Distributor
Opening$1,785
5 theaters
Release DateMay 1, 2013
Running Time1 hr 32 min
GenresDrama
In Release245 days/35 weeks
Widest Release5 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
May 1-537$1,785-5-$357$1,7851
May 8-1249$1,733-2.9%5-$346$4,5662
May 22-2642$1,222-5-$244$8,6364