Das melancholische Mädchen

Melancholy girls can be typified as follows: they roam around, talk, have sex and nothing else happens. Yet there's enough to see in the 14 episodes that make up this post-modern comedy. The episodes are as theatrical as they are colorful: from a ride on a unicorn through a neon-lit industrial area to aerobics with babies; nothing is too crazy in Susanne Heinrich's fairy-tale, playful and absurdist world. However, behind the façade, there seems to be a void. The girl feels like a tourist in her own life. And in the conversations with her bed partners, she experiences no bonding, only an empty echo of herself. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)