Hurt By Paradise is a British comedy-drama film directed by Greta Bellamacina. The film stars Bellamacina as Celeste, a single mother and her unexpected friendship with her babysitter, a middle-aged failed actress. The film was nominated for the prestigious Michael Powell Award for Best British Feature Film and Best Performance at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2019 and for Best UK Feature Film at Raindance Film Festival 2019.
Cast
Greta Bellamacina as Celeste
Camilla Rutherford as Estelle
Jaime Winstone as Janette
Nicholas Rowe as Jonathan Birchwood
Anna Brewster as Tessa
Jazzy De Lisser as Lori
Sadie Brown as Stella
Bruno Aleph Wizard as Roman
Filming
Hurt By Paradise was shot in Camden and Soho, London.
Reception
The Evening Standard wrote, "Bellamacina is as precise and bold as Joanna Hogg."
Another Magazine called the film "spellbinding".
Filmotomy said "Bellamacina has it in her to become one of the great contemporary female voices in British cinema."
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80%.