Fresh
The striking compositions mingle childlike curiosity with adult decadence -- and natural beauty with garish consumer culture -- to provocative, even profound effect.
Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Ulrich Seidl Director
- Margarethe Tiesel as Teresa
- Peter Kazungu as Munga
- Inge Maux as Teresas Freundin
- Dunja Sowinetz as Touristin
- Helen Brugat as Touristin
- Carlos Mkutano as Salama
- Gabriel Mwarua as Mohammed
- Josphat Hamisi as Beachboy
- Maria Hofstätter as Anna Maria, Teresa's sister
- Melanie Lenz as Melanie, Teresa's daughter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
73%
Tomatometer
Fresh
That churning in your stomach may be unpleasant, but it's necessary for the film to deliver its knockout punch.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Rotten
The whole affair curdles into a feeling of unearned, defensive superiority.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Ulrich Seidl: sadomasochistic provocateur or compassionate observer of the human condition?
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
One of the most disturbing films I've seen in a very long time.
Jordan Hoffman, Film.com
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