Nominated for the 2012 Palme d'Or.
On the beaches of Kenya they're known as "Sugar Mamas" - European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living.
Margarete Tiesel gives a remarkably raw performance as Teresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian, mother and "sex tourist" who travels Kenya seeking intimacy.
The first of a powerful triptych by Seidl, this is bravura filmmaking by a director unafraid to explore the darker corners of the human psyche.
BBFC Certified 18 - Contains strong sex and nudity
18
120 minutes
2012
European, Cult, Drama
Austria
English, German, Swahili
English
Thunderbird Releasing