Paradise

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Paradise

Released Oct 6, 2017

2h 11m

Drama

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A Russian woman in a concentration camp crosses paths with an SS officer who once fell madly in love with her.

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Critics Consensus

Paradise hits hard and lingers, although viewers who've seen a number of other Holocaust-set dramas may find it all a bit familiar.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

Black-and-white cinematography and minimalist sound design contribute to the bleak, austere tone, which befits the theme of survival in a morally bankrupt world.

Nov 16, 2017

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Bruce DeMara

Toronto Star

Konchalovskiy presents this grimly contemplative tale appropriately in black and white, drawing powerful performances from all three principals, especially Yuliya Vysotskaya as Olga.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 16, 2017

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

"Paradise" and its predictable waltz of suffering, choked consciousness and monstrosity adds little to the problematic subset of camp-themed World War II movies, which feel like nostalgia for hell.

Oct 12, 2017

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Konchalovsky's latest masterwork is a pervasive scream of anguish from the not-too-distant past.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 4, 2019

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Antonio R. Jiménez

Espinof

Avoiding dramatizations and effects, Konchalovsky molds a movie that works as an awkward reminder of the greatest misfortune of our recent past. [Full Review in Spanish]

Aug 5, 2019

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

... incapable to give a proper sequence to a few good ideas, allowing both the tedium and the disorganization to circumscribe a plot that brusquely decays half-way.

Rated: 2.5/5

Jan 29, 2019

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Audience Member

Pathetically dumbed down driven. Sensationalized with the Hollywood agenda. Good acting. But screenplay is predictably simple and demeaning.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

Normally do not like seeing foreign films, however yours looks not only compelling but very enlightening as well.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

I saw this at the Cleveland International Film Festival 2016. This Russian/German produced Holocaust film has a unique format in that the three main characters tell their versions of the story through interrogations in a very nondescript room. These are intercut with flashbacks showing what life was like before WWII hit and mainly what life was like for the resistance fighter Olga in a particular concentration camp. Like Casablanca and so many other WWII dramas there are several SS officers and guards as well as French collaborators. The period detail and black and white cinematography that really helps set the scene are both so well done. The performers are nuanced and the characters are three dimensional.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

One of the best movies I have ever seen. For mature audience.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Andrey Konchalovskiy

Director

Yuliya Vysotskaya

Olga

Viktor Sukhorukov

Genrikh Gimmler

Peter Kurth

Krauze

Philippe Duquesne

Zhyul

Kristian Klaus

Khelmut

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Synopsis

A Russian woman in a concentration camp crosses paths with an SS officer who once fell madly in love with her.

Director: Andrey Konchalovskiy
Producer: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Florian Deyle
Screenwriter: Andrey Konchalovskiy, Elena Kiseleva
Distributor: Film Movement
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 6, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 13, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.9K
Runtime: 2h 11m

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