Paradise: Hope
Feb 22 2013
•2h 32m
•Drama
Her mother in Kenya, 13-year-old Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp set in the Austrian countryside. Between workouts and nutrition classes, pillow fights and first cigarettes, she falls in love with a doctor 40 years her senior.
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Melanie Lenz
Melanie
Joseph Lorenz
Arzt
Verena Lehbauer
Verena
Michael Thomas
Sports Coach
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