Paradise: Faith

Director:
Ulrich Seidl

Ulrich Seidl explores what it means to carry the cross. For Anna Maria, a single woman in her 50s, paradise lies with Jesus. She devotes her summer vacation to doing missionary work, so that Austria may be brought back to the path of virtue. On her daily pilgrimage through Vienna, she goes from door to door, carrying a foot-high statue of the Virgin Mary. One day, when after years of absence, her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home, her life goes off its rails. Hymns and prayers are now joined by fighting.

Awards
Special Jury Prize, CinemAvvenire Award - Venice 2012

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Director:
Ulrich Seidl
Cast:
Maria Hofstätter, Nabil Saleh, Natalija Baranova, René Rupnik
Country:
Austria, Germania, Franța
Running time:
12h:00m
Section:
TIFF Edition:
2013

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