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Liebe heute

Maxim Biller (2007)

SubgenreContemporary Romance
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG-13
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SettingContemporary

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ViolenceNot rated
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageNot rated

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Synopsis

These twenty-seven exquisite vignettes reveal the frustration, longing, and loneliness of human intimacy and love in the twenty-first century. A moment of dialogue between two people seated in an empty bar in "Baghdad at Seven-Thirty" evokes fragility, helplessness, and regret. The childhood friends who meet accidentally throughout the years in "Ziggy Stardust" are alternately drawn toward and repulsed from each other; and the fleeting text messages exchanged in "The Maserati Years" change everything between two lovers in an instant. Collectively, the result is romantic, voyeuristic, and deeply moving.