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The movie follows Uma (Creator/EmmaRoberts), a teen girl sent away to an idyllic school on an isolated island, managed by the mysterious Duchess (Creator/MillaJovovich), where young, rebellious women are shaped into proper ladies. Uma befriends her roommates, Yu (Creator/{{Awkwafina}}) and Chloe (Danielle Macdonald) and a troubled teen star called Amarna (Creator/EizaGonzalez), and together they find the dark secrets hiding beneath the school's beautiful surface.

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The movie follows Uma (Creator/EmmaRoberts), a teen girl sent away to an idyllic school on an isolated island, managed by the mysterious Duchess (Creator/MillaJovovich), where young, rebellious women are shaped into proper ladies. Uma befriends her roommates, Yu (Creator/{{Awkwafina}}) and Chloe (Danielle Macdonald) (Creator/DanielleMacdonald) and a troubled teen star called Amarna (Creator/EizaGonzalez), and together they find the dark secrets hiding beneath the school's beautiful surface.
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The movie follows Uma (Creator/EmmaRoberts), a teen girl sent away to an idyllic school on an isolated island, managed by the mysterious Duchess (Creator/MillaJovovich), where young, rebellious women are shaped into proper ladies. Uma befriends her roommates, Yu (Awkwafina) and Chloe (Danielle Macdonald) and a troubled teen star called Amarna (Eiza González), and together they find the dark secrets hiding beneath the school's beautiful surface.

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The movie follows Uma (Creator/EmmaRoberts), a teen girl sent away to an idyllic school on an isolated island, managed by the mysterious Duchess (Creator/MillaJovovich), where young, rebellious women are shaped into proper ladies. Uma befriends her roommates, Yu (Awkwafina) (Creator/{{Awkwafina}}) and Chloe (Danielle Macdonald) and a troubled teen star called Amarna (Eiza González), (Creator/EizaGonzalez), and together they find the dark secrets hiding beneath the school's beautiful surface.
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** [[spoiler:The girls aren't being trained, they're being studied and observed in order to create perfect clones/substitutes of them. Even Markus is in on it, as he is just a performer meant to seduce Uma into showcasing her sexual conduct so it can be incorporated into her clone.]]

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** [[spoiler:The girls aren't being trained, they're being studied and observed in order to create turn other girls into perfect clones/substitutes copies of them. Even Markus is in on it, as he is just a performer meant to seduce Uma into showcasing her sexual conduct so it can be incorporated into her clone.substitute.]]
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The movie follows Uma (Creator/EmmaRoberts), a teen girl sent away to an idyllic school managed by the mysterious Dutchess (Creator/MillaJovovich) in an isolated island where young, rebellious women are shaped into proper ladies. She befriends her roommates, Yu (Awkwafina) and Chloe (Danielle Macdonald) and a troubled teen star there called Amarna (Eiza González), and together they find the dark secrets hiding beneath the beautiful surface of the school.

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The movie follows Uma (Creator/EmmaRoberts), a teen girl sent away to an idyllic school on an isolated island, managed by the mysterious Dutchess (Creator/MillaJovovich) in an isolated island Duchess (Creator/MillaJovovich), where young, rebellious women are shaped into proper ladies. She Uma befriends her roommates, Yu (Awkwafina) and Chloe (Danielle Macdonald) and a troubled teen star there star called Amarna (Eiza González), and together they find the dark secrets hiding beneath the school's beautiful surface of the school.
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* CostumePorn: The dresses in the island are beautifully ornamented and designed, especially in regards to things like The Dutchess' dresses.

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* CostumePorn: The dresses in on the island are beautifully ornamented and designed, especially in regards to things like The Dutchess' dresses.those worn by the Duchess.



* DwindlingParty: The story basically starts with 4 characters. However, after [[spoiler:Amarna is released from the facility]], the part starts to vanish one by one.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Amarna and Uma schedule to meet each other at night, but they find out that they just couldn't stay awake for it. This is an early hint that they are being sedated every night.

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* DwindlingParty: The story basically starts with 4 characters. However, after [[spoiler:Amarna is released from the facility]], the part party starts to vanish one by one.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Amarna and Uma schedule arrange to meet each other at night, but they find out that they just couldn't neither of them manage to stay awake for it. This is an early hint that they are being sedated every night.



* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Killing The Dutchess caused her secret lair underground to collapse.]]
* {{Motif}}: The Dutchess has a subtle motif of broken glass and is often associated with it when her facade of niceties is cracking. [[spoiler:Considering she is creating substitutes of the girls (essentially wrong reflections), associating her with broken mirrors is very fitting.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: In the opening scene, Uma is marrying Son, and they're about to consummate their marriage. [[spoiler:Then cuts to two months before to show what happened. Uma and her substitute Anna, work in tandem to assassinate Son, with Uma seducing and killing him in their wedding bed, and then Anna, having been in the party all along goes upstairs and screams to fake that she has just found the body, while Uma escapes.]]

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* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Killing The Dutchess caused the Duchess causes her secret lair underground to collapse.]]
* {{Motif}}: The Dutchess Duchess has a subtle motif of broken glass and is often associated with it when her facade of niceties niceness is cracking. [[spoiler:Considering she is creating substitutes of the girls (essentially wrong reflections), associating her with broken mirrors is very fitting.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: In the opening scene, Uma is marrying Son, and they're about to consummate their marriage. [[spoiler:Then the film cuts to two months before to show what happened. Uma and her substitute Anna, work in tandem to assassinate Son, with Uma seducing and killing him in their wedding bed, and then Anna, having been in at the party all along along, goes upstairs and screams to fake that she has just found the body, while Uma escapes.]]



** [[spoiler:The girls aren't being trained, they're being studied and observed in order to create perfect clones/substitutes of them. Even Markus is in on it, as he is just a performer meant to seduce Uma into showcasing what is her sexual conduct like and make it part of her clone.]]
** [[spoiler:The Dutchess is a kind of plant being that feeds off the girl's life force.]]
* SceneryPorn:
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The milk the girls are offered every night is laced with something that makes sure all the girls will sleep all through the night.

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** [[spoiler:The girls aren't being trained, they're being studied and observed in order to create perfect clones/substitutes of them. Even Markus is in on it, as he is just a performer meant to seduce Uma into showcasing what is her sexual conduct like and make so it part of can be incorporated into her clone.]]
** [[spoiler:The Dutchess Duchess is a kind of plant being that feeds off the girl's girls' life force.forces.]]
* SceneryPorn:
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The milk the girls are offered every night is laced with something that makes sure all the girls will sleep all through the night.
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* BiTheWay: Uma. Although she is in love with Markus, it's clear her relationship with Amarna goes beyond mere friendship, [[spoiler:to the point they kiss when Amarna is sent away]].
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''Paradise Hills'' is a 2019 fantasy sci-fi thriller directed by Alice Waddington.

The movie follows Uma (Creator/EmmaRoberts), a teen girl sent away to an idyllic school managed by the mysterious Dutchess (Creator/MillaJovovich) in an isolated island where young, rebellious women are shaped into proper ladies. She befriends her roommates, Yu (Awkwafina) and Chloe (Danielle Macdonald) and a troubled teen star there called Amarna (Eiza González), and together they find the dark secrets hiding beneath the beautiful surface of the school.

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* BiTheWay: Uma. Although she is in love with Markus, it's clear her relationship with Amarna goes beyond mere friendship, [[spoiler:to the point they kiss when Amarna is sent away]].
* CostumePorn: The dresses in the island are beautifully ornamented and designed, especially in regards to things like The Dutchess' dresses.
* CrapsaccharineWorld
* DwindlingParty: The story basically starts with 4 characters. However, after [[spoiler:Amarna is released from the facility]], the part starts to vanish one by one.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on, Amarna and Uma schedule to meet each other at night, but they find out that they just couldn't stay awake for it. This is an early hint that they are being sedated every night.
* LightIsNotGood
* LoadBearingBoss: [[spoiler:Killing The Dutchess caused her secret lair underground to collapse.]]
* {{Motif}}: The Dutchess has a subtle motif of broken glass and is often associated with it when her facade of niceties is cracking. [[spoiler:Considering she is creating substitutes of the girls (essentially wrong reflections), associating her with broken mirrors is very fitting.]]
* OnceMoreWithClarity: In the opening scene, Uma is marrying Son, and they're about to consummate their marriage. [[spoiler:Then cuts to two months before to show what happened. Uma and her substitute Anna, work in tandem to assassinate Son, with Uma seducing and killing him in their wedding bed, and then Anna, having been in the party all along goes upstairs and screams to fake that she has just found the body, while Uma escapes.]]
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:The girls aren't being trained, they're being studied and observed in order to create perfect clones/substitutes of them. Even Markus is in on it, as he is just a performer meant to seduce Uma into showcasing what is her sexual conduct like and make it part of her clone.]]
** [[spoiler:The Dutchess is a kind of plant being that feeds off the girl's life force.]]
* SceneryPorn:
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The milk the girls are offered every night is laced with something that makes sure all the girls will sleep all through the night.

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