PARADISE: LOVE (Paradies: Liebe) (2012) - ♦♦♦

Directed by - Ulrich Seidl

Written by - Ulrich Seidl, Veronika Franz

Starring - Margarete Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux

"An overweight middle aged German woman goes to Kenya on holiday and is eventually lured by its sex tourism and the illusion of love which it provides. Not a stranger to controversy, Seidl's story is a little too driven by its subject, which feels a little two dimensional and lacking in real depth. The photography is the best element of the film, with its meticulous still camera placement, horizontal lines and pastel like shots of the Kenyan landscape; nevertheless thematically speaking it seems like a gimmick film more than a genuinely compelling study on sex tourism or even the illusion of love."

Drama, Austria/Germany/France