Paradise Hills 2019 LiMiTED 1080p
 |
| Paradise Hills 2019 |
Paradise Hills 2019 LiMiTED
Paradise Hills is a 2019 Spanish science fiction fantasy thriller film directed by Alice Waddington in her directorial debut. It stars Emma Roberts as Uma, a young woman sent to Paradise, a mysterious behavioural modification centre for women who have displeased their families, alongside Danielle Macdonald, Awkwafina, Jeremy Irvine, Arnaud Valois, Eiza González, and Milla Jovovich.
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2019. It was released in Spain on 11 October 2019 by Alfa Pictures and in the United States on 25 October 2019 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
At her wedding, Uma is toasted by her guests who compliment her new attitude. Later, she is pinned to a bed by her husband, Son, who says she is much more obedient than she used to be.
Two months earlier, Uma awakens in a strange room and realises she is trapped on an island called Paradise. She runs away from her captors, but is caught and returned by Amarna. It is explained to Uma that she has been sent to a sort of treatment centre for rebellious young women, in Uma's case because she has rejected a marriage proposal her mother wants her to accept. Uma becomes friends with her roommates Chloe and Yu, as well as befriending Amarna, who is a well-known singer whose management team want to keep her in line.
As Uma adjusts to life on the island, her boyfriend from the mainland, Markus, crashes the island pretending to be an orderly and promising he can rescue her. A jealous Amarna tells Uma to be careful and reveals that she has her own secret plan to escape as her fans have smuggled her a rowboat she and Uma can use to leave. Before they can put their plan into action, Amarna is told she has graduated early. She tells Uma to rescue herself and Markus. Before she leaves, Amarna also reveals that the girls are being drugged so they sleep through the night.
After a treatment during which Uma is forced to watch old news reports of her father's suicide, Uma reacts badly and is drugged. She awakens two weeks later. The Duchess, who runs the Paradise program, informs Uma that she will be returned home the next day. Deeply suspicious, Uma decides to leave and convinces Chloe and Yu to run away with her in the night. Before they can escape, Yu is taken away by orderlies in the night for a final treatment. When Uma and Chloe try to rescue her, the doctors operating on Yu attempt to kill them.
Uma, Chloe and a badly injured Yu manage to escape. They stumble into a control room where they learn that their therapy has not been to rehabilitate them, but to replicate them. Uma learns that Markus never intended to rescue her, but was used to determine her behaviour in sexual situations. As Uma and her friends run from the guards, they stumble into a room where they meet their replicants; women from poor social circumstances who have undergone extensive surgeries and studied in order to act as more obedient versions of the women they are replacing. Yu dies and Chloe and Uma are forced to move on without her, but before they go, Uma leaves behind her memory locket of her father for her replacement and tells her that in order to fully embody Uma, she must hate Son, the man responsible for her father's death.
Uma and Chloe make their way into a garden where they see the lifeless bodies of former Paradise girls ensnarled in the leaves, including Amarna. Uma sees the Duchess feeding on Chloe's body and is wrapped up in vines as the Duchess prepares to make her her next victim. However, Uma's replicant saves her by pretending to be the real Uma, distracting the Duchess enough so that Uma can stab her with a scalpel. Uma and her replicant, Ana, manage to escape in the rowboat. Ana reveals she cannot return to her former life and so she and Uma develop a plan. Ana returns to Uma's wealthy family pretending to be Uma, and marries Son. On their wedding night, she remains downstairs while Uma herself goes to Son and seduces him, stabbing him before they can have sex. Ana is thus free from blame as she was downstairs among many witnesses when the murder occurred. Ana "discovers" Son's body and screams for help, now free to live her life as a wealthy widow. Uma, having secured her revenge, flees into the night.
Directed by Alice Waddington
Produced by
Adrián Guerra
Núria Valls
Screenplay by
Brian DeLeeuw
Nacho Vigalondo
Story by Alice Waddington
Starring
Emma Roberts
Danielle Macdonald
Awkwafina
Jeremy Irvine
Arnaud Valois
Eiza González
Milla Jovovich
Music by Lucas Vidal
Cinematography Josu Inchaustegui
Edited by Guillermo de la Cal
Production
companies
Nostromo Pictures
Colina Paraiso AIE
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Alfa Pictures
Release date
26 January 2019 (Sundance)
11 October 2019 (Spain)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Spain
Language English
Box office $371,091
Cast :
Emma Roberts as Uma
Danielle Macdonald as Chloe
Awkwafina as Yu
Jeremy Irvine as Markus
Arnaud Valois as Son
Eiza González as Amarna
Milla Jovovich as The Duchess
Daniel Horvath as Favorite 1
The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2019. It was released in Spain on 11 October 2019 by Alfa Pictures and in the United States on 25 October 2019 by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
At her wedding, Uma is toasted by her guests who compliment her new attitude. Later, she is pinned to a bed by her husband, Son, who says she is much more obedient than she used to be.
Two months earlier, Uma awakens in a strange room and realises she is trapped on an island called Paradise. She runs away from her captors, but is caught and returned by Amarna. It is explained to Uma that she has been sent to a sort of treatment centre for rebellious young women, in Uma's case because she has rejected a marriage proposal her mother wants her to accept. Uma becomes friends with her roommates Chloe and Yu, as well as befriending Amarna, who is a well-known singer whose management team want to keep her in line.
As Uma adjusts to life on the island, her boyfriend from the mainland, Markus, crashes the island pretending to be an orderly and promising he can rescue her. A jealous Amarna tells Uma to be careful and reveals that she has her own secret plan to escape as her fans have smuggled her a rowboat she and Uma can use to leave. Before they can put their plan into action, Amarna is told she has graduated early. She tells Uma to rescue herself and Markus. Before she leaves, Amarna also reveals that the girls are being drugged so they sleep through the night.
After a treatment during which Uma is forced to watch old news reports of her father's suicide, Uma reacts badly and is drugged. She awakens two weeks later. The Duchess, who runs the Paradise program, informs Uma that she will be returned home the next day. Deeply suspicious, Uma decides to leave and convinces Chloe and Yu to run away with her in the night. Before they can escape, Yu is taken away by orderlies in the night for a final treatment. When Uma and Chloe try to rescue her, the doctors operating on Yu attempt to kill them.
Uma, Chloe and a badly injured Yu manage to escape. They stumble into a control room where they learn that their therapy has not been to rehabilitate them, but to replicate them. Uma learns that Markus never intended to rescue her, but was used to determine her behaviour in sexual situations. As Uma and her friends run from the guards, they stumble into a room where they meet their replicants; women from poor social circumstances who have undergone extensive surgeries and studied in order to act as more obedient versions of the women they are replacing. Yu dies and Chloe and Uma are forced to move on without her, but before they go, Uma leaves behind her memory locket of her father for her replacement and tells her that in order to fully embody Uma, she must hate Son, the man responsible for her father's death.
Uma and Chloe make their way into a garden where they see the lifeless bodies of former Paradise girls ensnarled in the leaves, including Amarna. Uma sees the Duchess feeding on Chloe's body and is wrapped up in vines as the Duchess prepares to make her her next victim. However, Uma's replicant saves her by pretending to be the real Uma, distracting the Duchess enough so that Uma can stab her with a scalpel. Uma and her replicant, Ana, manage to escape in the rowboat. Ana reveals she cannot return to her former life and so she and Uma develop a plan. Ana returns to Uma's wealthy family pretending to be Uma, and marries Son. On their wedding night, she remains downstairs while Uma herself goes to Son and seduces him, stabbing him before they can have sex. Ana is thus free from blame as she was downstairs among many witnesses when the murder occurred. Ana "discovers" Son's body and screams for help, now free to live her life as a wealthy widow. Uma, having secured her revenge, flees into the night.
Directed by Alice Waddington
Produced by
Adrián Guerra
Núria Valls
Screenplay by
Brian DeLeeuw
Nacho Vigalondo
Story by Alice Waddington
Starring
Emma Roberts
Danielle Macdonald
Awkwafina
Jeremy Irvine
Arnaud Valois
Eiza González
Milla Jovovich
Music by Lucas Vidal
Cinematography Josu Inchaustegui
Edited by Guillermo de la Cal
Production
companies
Nostromo Pictures
Colina Paraiso AIE
Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Alfa Pictures
Release date
26 January 2019 (Sundance)
11 October 2019 (Spain)
Running time
95 minutes
Country Spain
Language English
Box office $371,091
Cast :
Emma Roberts as Uma
Danielle Macdonald as Chloe
Awkwafina as Yu
Jeremy Irvine as Markus
Arnaud Valois as Son
Eiza González as Amarna
Milla Jovovich as The Duchess
Daniel Horvath as Favorite 1
0 comments:
Post a Comment