Wednesday 2 December 21:00 and Thursday 3 December 15:30 

Alle Anderen
 Everyone Else   

On the surface, Chris and Gitti are lost in perfect amorous bliss during their getaway in their Sardinian holiday home. But amid their playful romps, secret rituals and silly habits there is an underlying tension. Full of verve, the idiosyncratic Gitti is fearless in expressing her love and devotion to Chris, while he is more reserved in his outlook on life, showing varying personal and professional degrees of insecurity. When they casually run into another couple, who are obviously happier and more successful than themselves, their relationship destabilizes. Taking a leaf out of the other couple’s book, Chris begins to show his willful girlfriend who is 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 starts out as a playful experiment soon turns into a quiet struggle with her own personality. While Chris flourishes in his role as the stronger one of the two, Gitti begins to loosen up in a completely new way. With their newly developed personas, Chris and Gitti get a second chance to discover themselves – and each other – and to be as happy as everyone else ...

Award-winning director Maren Ade (The Forest for the Trees) portrays a couple and its contradictory longings with subtle humour and poignant accuracy. The result is an intimate story of love on the brink and the length that one will go to for the sake of saving a relationship. Featuring outstanding performances by Birgit Minichmayr and Lars Eidinger.

Maren Ade studied at the Munich Academy of Television and Film (HFF/M). Her films include the shorts Ebene 9 (2000), Vegas (2001), her first feature The Forest for the Trees (Der Wald vor lauter Baeumen, 2003) and Everyone Else (Alle Anderen, 2009).