Paradise: Faith

Name: Paradise: Faith
Genre: Drama
Released: August 23, 2013
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 61

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Strand Releasing | Release Date: August 23, 2013 | Not Rated

Summary: Anna Maria, a single woman in her 50s, 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. When her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes homeAnna Maria, a single woman in her 50s, 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. When her husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a wheelchair, comes home after years of absence, her life is turned upside down.… Expand

Director: Ulrich Seidl

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 115 min

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The Playlist Oliver Lyttelton

Aug 21, 2013

For all its abrasiveness, the film is also capable of real tenderness. Read full review

Leslie Felperin

Aug 14, 2013

The constant juxtaposition of scenes showing the dark and light aspects of the characters endows the pic with a juicy moral complexity that will stimulate post-screening debates. Read full review

Rene Rodriguez

Aug 29, 2013

Although there are several stretches in the movie in which Seidl seems to be repeating himself, the director is carefully building toward a knock-out final scene in which the inscrutable, often annoying Anna becomes beautifully, poignantly human in front of our eyes, like magic. Read full review

Empire Simon Crook

Aug 14, 2013

Part two of Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy is a stark, morally complex study of blind belief, lightened by black laughs and Seidl’s static, deadpan compositions. Read full review

David Fear

Aug 20, 2013

It’s hard to say if Faith works better as part of a whole instead of a triptych’s single panel until the trilogy is complete, but the unconverted may find this too much of a cross to bear. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Aug 21, 2013

A powerful final scene reveals that Seidl knew exactly where he was going. But the journey is stultifyingly static, repeating the same basic information over and over with only negligible variations. Read full review

Diego Semerene

Aug 14, 2013

A shallow film that leaves us knowing exactly what we're seeing, and able to predict what the characters will say to each other in the mostly uninspired and overtly familiar dialogue. Read full review

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LeZee

Dec 27, 2013

The second movie of the 'Paradise' trilogy which sets in the summer holiday. Like I said in my previous review all the three stories happen in the same timeline in different locations with different themes and people. This movie which unfolds the story of 'Faith' of a woman in her 50s. AndThe second movie of the 'Paradise' trilogy which sets in the summer holiday. Like I said in my previous review all the three stories happen in the same timeline in different locations with different themes and people. This movie which unfolds the story of 'Faith' of a woman in her 50s. And her devotion and affection towards Christ. Be ready to to see drama on a serious subject within a few dark humorous.

Anna Maria is a nurse in a private hospital. In her summer vacation she begins to do a missionary work as spreading the religious awareness to the people of Austria. Some of her friends' support it by joining the prayer she orange in her home and sometime she goes door to door to every house in her neighborhood. As planned the expedition runs smoothly until her long gone husband return home which shook her. Her real faithful will be tested when he begins to interfere into her work.

It was quite a nice second movie of the trilogy. It mainly speaks about the honest dedication of a religious stuffs. Sometime clash between another religious showed in the movie was very much true. The director's approach in this second movie was very much artistic. But in scenes where he showed about sex hunger like outdoor orgy and masturbation were totally not understandable. You know, unlike the first movie 'Paradise: Love' I thought it will be exactly opposite and a pure spiritual content story. The director had a different opinion in his mind and mixed with multiple sub-contents. In the end, the ends of both the movies were not much distinct but the audience will be divided especially adult and spiritual theme fans.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Jul 28, 2023

Paradise: Faith the third film in Ulrich Seidl's trilogy that apparently, I didn't see in the correct order, but it doesn't matter. Each film contains different stories.

This one impressed me because if something has become clear to me is that Seidl fearlessly explores his subjects, leavingParadise: Faith the third film in Ulrich Seidl's trilogy that apparently, I didn't see in the correct order, but it doesn't matter. Each film contains different stories.

This one impressed me because if something has become clear to me is that Seidl fearlessly explores his subjects, leaving a lasting impact on viewers. This film, in particular, serves as a stark exploration of faith, loneliness, and the intricacies of human desire.

The film centers on the collision between religion and human yearnings, exposing the tensions that arise between religious convictions and physical needs.
The protagonist's experience becomes a poignant depiction of the struggles faced by repressed individuals unable to reconcile these conflicting aspects of their lives.

Like the other films in the trilogy, Paradise: Faith is not an easy or comfortable viewing, as it delves into uncomfortable and provocative themes. Yet that is precisely what makes it such a captivating experience and, consequently, a film that is as frustrating as it is persuasive and challenging.… Expand

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