Anna
Maria devotes her summer vacation on missionary work in Austria. She works as an x-ray technician but
she is very worried about the virtue of her country. She makes a daily pilgrimage in Vienna going door-to-door
and telling people Mary, the Mother of God has come to visit them. She carries a large statue of the
Virgin Mary with her. She lives
her life as a single woman and she is in her 50’s. Her long absent husband, an Egyptian Muslim confined to a
wheelchair, comes home after a two-year absence. She makes up a bed for him on the couch. She is also cat sitting for someone
else on vacation.
This
may be the most “unusual” film I have seen? Anna Maria whips her back, wears a belt on her skin with
spikes and prays on her knees throughout her apartment until they are bloody? I have seen this before but I don't think these are the basics or requirements of Catholicism? I’m surprised I was able to watch the entire movie, it’s
very slow paced and many things are not explained. Maybe this is a good thing? 2 ½* (This movie is so-so)
115
min, Drama directed by Ulrich Seidl with Maria Hofstatter, Nabil Saleh, Natalya
Baranova, Rene Rupnik.
Note: Imdb 6.8 out of 10, 75% critic 59%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes.
Special Note: This film is
part of a trilogy. Paradise: Hope, Paradise: Faith,
Paradise: Love. 
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