Summaries

Teresa, a fifty-year-old Austrian mother, travels to the paradise of the beaches of Kenya, seeking out love from African boys. But she must confront the hard truth that on the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.

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 fifty-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise. She goes from one beach boy to the next, from one disappointment to the next and finally she must recognize: On the beaches of Kenya, love is a business.—Strand Releasing

This is a funny and sad black comedy of sorts about overweight, middle-aged European women traveling as a species of sex tourists to Kenya, where they can choose from beautiful, buff young Kenyan men. Shy and naive at first, Teresa can't believe so many handsome young men would want her. But what do they REALLY want? This becomes increasingly and painfully obvious as she tries out a few different suitors. In the end, we are left to wonder -- who is exploiting whom? Very unusual and thought-provoking on many levels, with surprising laughs and teeth-gritting moments.—cherie.gingertea

Details

Keywords
  • exploitation
  • female full frontal nudity
  • tourist
  • male full frontal nudity
  • sex tourism
Genres
  • Drama
Release date Jan 2, 2013
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Unrated
Countries of origin Germany France Austria
Language English German Swahili
Filming locations Flamingo Beach Hotel, Mombasa, Kenya
Production companies Tatfilm Coproduction Office Ulrich Seidl Film Produktion GmbH

Box office

Budget $3600000
Gross US & Canada $24267
Opening weekend US & Canada $6014
Gross worldwide $1709036

Tech specs

Runtime 2h
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

Fat chicks need love too.

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