Paradise: Love

The first part of a trilogy by the outstanding Austrian filmmaker. “Sugar mamas” is the term used for middle-aged sex tourists who vacation on the beaches of Kenya and spend time with local beach boys — for a price, of course.

Teresa is a sugar mama who arrives on holiday, looking to buy herself a bit of love. But she soon discovers that although Kenyan men line up to rent out their bodies to her, there is a fundamental difference between sex and love.

Seidl directs a disturbing and compelling film about sexuality in a commercialized world, and about the power dynamics of age and race.