Paradise trilogy

Paradise
DVD cover
Directed byUlrich Seidl
Written byUlrich Seidl
Veronika Franz
Produced byUlrich Seidl
CinematographyWolfgang Thaler
Ed Lachman
Edited byChristof Schertenleib
Production
company
Ulrich Seidl Film
CountryAustria
LanguageGerman

Paradise (German: Paradies) is the collective name of three films directed by Ulrich Seidl: Paradise: Love (2012), Paradise: Faith (2012) and Paradise: Hope (2013). They focus on three women from one family; one of them travels to Kenya as a sex tourist, one has to spend time at a weight loss camp, and one tries to propagate Catholicism.[1][2] The project is an Austrian majority production with co-producers in Germany and France. It was conceived as one feature film, but after a long gestation became three entries forming a trilogy.[3] The first installment, Paradise: Love, competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.[4][5] Seidl originally planned to premiere all three films at the same event, but after the Cannes selection decided to roll out parts two and three, Paradise: Faith and Paradise: Hope, at other major film festivals.[6] The individual films are named after the three theological virtues, and focus on how the protagonists conceive their view of paradise.[7]

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  3. ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (2012-02-09). "Bober's CoProduction Office blasts off with Meteora". Screen Daily. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  4. ^ "2012 Official Selection". Cannes. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  5. ^ "Cannes Film Festival 2012 line-up announced". timeout. Archived from the original on 2012-12-20. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  6. ^ Staff writer (2012-04-19). "Erstmals zwei österreichische Filme im Wettbewerb von Cannes". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 2012-04-21.
  7. ^ Knauss, Stefanie (2013). "The Paradise Trilogy: Love, Faith, Hope". Journal of Religion & Film. 17 (2).