Natalija Baranova

The second film in the "PARADISE" trilogy tells of a devout Christian up against her returning husband of a different faith and his tyrant ways.

1750. Agnes doesn't feel at home in her husband's world. A shocking act seems to be the only way out. A profound and disturbing psychogram of a woman, based on historical records.

Ukrainian Olga is a single mother who works as a nurse but whose salary doesn't cover her outgoings. After a brief foray into web-cam porn, she moves to Vienna in search of a better life only to find she is as exploited there as she was at home. Austrian Pauli is a loser who ends up helping his degenerate stepfather Michael shift a dodgy load of slot machines to East Europe.

Impeccably styled and unflinchingly grim, this darkly humorous tale of a pop star past his prime finds Ulrich Seidl at his audacious best.