Alle Anderen,
This film tells the story of Gitti and Chris, an odd couple who are battling their way through a holiday of secluded togetherness.
It is an intimate portrait of two people as they can only be when alone: their secret rituals, their silliness, their unfulfilled dreams and their power struggles.
A seemingly unimportant event an encounter with another couple serves to destabilise their relationship. Not only is the other couple more successful, the two also manage to conceal conventional gender roles beneath a modern façade.
Taking a leaf out of the other couple’s book, Chris begins to show his wilful girlfriend who’s boss, with the result that Gitti’s faith in her partner takes a hard knock.
She attempts to conform to his new ideal, but what begins as a playful experiment with a new role soon turns into a quiet struggle with her own personality.
Although Chris begins to flourish in his role as the stronger of the two, and Gitti begins to loosen up in a completely new way, they are both in danger of losing themselves. (Berlin Film Festival)
Starring: Birgit Minichmayr, Lars Eidinger, Hans Jochen Wagner, Nicole Marischka