Paradise: Hope (2013)

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.

Paradise: Hope is a drama movie featuring Melanie Lenz and directed by Ulrich Seidl.

Paradise: Hope is currently streaming for free (ad-supported) on Tubi TV and VUDU Free and it's also available on MUBI and MUBI Amazon Channel.

It is also possible to buy Paradise: Hope on Amazon Video, Apple TV, Google Play Movies and YouTube or rent it on Vudu.