2 Movies Starring Michael Thomas

Paradise: Hope

Paradise: Hope

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-12-18

Languages:

German

Countries:

Austria, France, Germany

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2452 Reviews)

Director:

Ulrich Seidl

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Ulrich Seidl (screenplay)

Veronika Franz (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The final installment in Ulrich Seidl's Paradise trilogy, 'Paradise: Hope' tells the story of overweight thirteen-year-old Melanie and her first love. While her mother travels to Kenya ('Paradise: Love') and her aunt does missionary work ('Paradise: Faith'), Melanie spends her summer vacation at a strict diet camp for overweight adolescents. Between physical education and nutrition counseling, pillow fights and her first cigarette, Melanie falls in love with the camp director, a doctor forty years her senior. As the doctor struggles with the guilty nature of his desire, Melanie had imagined her paradise differently.

Mister John

Mister John

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-09-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

Ireland, Singapore, UK

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (139 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Joe Lawlor

Christine Molloy

Fullplot:

After discovering his wife's infidelities, Gerry leaves London to look after his deceased brother's business and family in Singapore. Discovering a foreign world of opportunity that had not existed before gives Gerry a chance at starting over by slipping into his brother's life - both emotionally and physically. However, leaving his wife and child behind in the UK is not so easy as Gerry must choose between becoming his brother's alter ego 'Mister John' or returning to London to face his failing relationship.

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