Paso Doble

A dry, uncomfortable chamber study of mismatched couples drifting apart, watched with a mix of wry detachment and quiet unease.

Directed by

Lothar Lambert

Starring

Albert Heins, Ulrike Schirm, Susanne Stahl

Overview

A West Berlin couple hopes to solve their marital problems while on vacation in Spain. Instead, the tensions between the neglected and misunderstood woman and her annoyed and otherwise unsatisfied husband escalate soon afterwards. She starts an affair with her Persian masseur, he falls in love with a mute toilet attendant, whom he brings back to Berlin and takes in with himself and his two pubescent children, while the woman moves in with her masseur. But even the new constellations quickly get into crisis.

How it feels

Melancholic, cynical, satirical and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Love, betrayal, isolation, family

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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