Paradies: Glaube

Paradise: Faith
Director
Ulrich Seidl
Country
Austria, France, Germany, United kingdom
Year
2012
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Ulrich Seidl / Veronika Franz
Cast
Maria Hofstätter / Nabil Saleh
Production
Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion / Société Parisienne /Tatfilm
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Storyline

Ulrich Seidl takes a look at what it means to carry the cross in Austria. His most simple yet nonetheless most complicated film shows a woman who spends her vacation proselytizing with statues of the Madonna until her husband, a Muslim, comes back from Egypt. They sing, they pray and they fight. "PARADISE: Faith" is a filmic Pieta with the stations of the cross depicting a marriage.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2012
Competition
Seville European Film Festival 2012
Official Selection

La Biennale di Venezia 2012
Special Jury Prize
Seville European Film Festival 2012
Best Script
European Film Awards (EFA) 2013
Winner: European Sound Designer 2013
Austrian Film Prize 2014
Award for best Actress: Maria Hofstätter

Releases

Spain (23 of August 2013)
United kingdom (5 of July 2013)
France (24 of April 2013)
Netherlands (14 of March 2013)