Paradise: Hope(2013)
Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.
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.
Movie: Paradise: Hope
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Melanie
Arzt
Sports Coach
Nutritionist
Anna Maria
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