Maria's Paradise

2019

1h 53m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

57%

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7 Reviews

A servant and devout follower of a charismatic cult leader begins to doubt her commitment.

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Leslie Felperin

Hollywood Reporter

That tension between old and new, good and bad is pleasingly kept taut throughout by Bergroth's confident direction, and twanged with precision by a fine cast...

Sep 20, 2019

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Pat Padua

The DC Line

"...compelling for much of its two-hour run time, until it succumbs to a messy final act that makes it fail as drama as well."

Nov 28, 2019

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Jared Mobarak

The Film Stage

[The film] ensures the seeds of doubt are sowed gradually so they can be dismissed in the moment and yet cemented into the recesses of Salome's mind.

Rated: B

Sep 11, 2019

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

Bergroth makes the miscalculation of expanding Maria's Paradise beyond Salome's credulous perspective and depriving us of the chance to experience her inevitable disillusionment alongside her.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 9, 2019

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Anna Swanson

Cinema Scope

Unfortunately, Maria's Paradise is often both distracted and distracting, never committed enough to its central character study and possessing an anachronistic electronic score that wears out its welcome.

Sep 7, 2019

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Allan Hunter

Screen International

An intriguing, well-heeled period drama...

Sep 6, 2019

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Zaida Bergroth

Director

Pihla Viitala

Maria Åkerblom

Satu Tuuli Karhu

Salome

Saga Sarkola

Malin

Tommi Korpela

Eino Vartiovaara

Elina Knihtilä

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Synopsis

A servant and devout follower of a charismatic cult leader begins to doubt her commitment.

Director: Zaida Bergroth
Producer: Liisa Penttilä
Screenwriter: Jan Forsström, Anna Viitala
Production Co: Elokuvayhtiö Komeetta, ELP Communications
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Finnish
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2020
Runtime: 1h 53m

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