The read
The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series.
Synopsis
On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise, moving from beach to beach.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes76%
Metacritic65/100
234 audience votes
Key crew
- Veronika FranzScreenplay
- Ulrich SeidlScreenplay
- Ulrich SeidlDirector
Cast
- Margarethe TieselTeresa
- Peter KazunguMunga
- Inge MauxInge
- Dunja SowinetzTourist
- Helen BrugatTourist
- Carlos MkutanoSalama
- Gabriel MwaruaMohammed
- Josphat HamisiJosphat
- Anderson MutisyaStripper
- Maria HofstätterAnna Maria
- Melanie LenzMelanie
Stills
Movies like Paradise: Love
Themes
beachcrocodileracial segregationkenyamale prostitutionclass differencesolder woman younger man relationship