Everyone Else

Everyone Else

Birgit Minichmayr and Lars Eidinger in Maren Ade's "Everyone Else." Courtesy of The Cinema Guild.

Everyone Else (2009/2010)

Also Known As: Alle Anderen

Opened: 04/09/2010 Limited

Limited04/09/2010
IFC Center04/09/2010 - 05/20/201042 days
Sunset 5/LA05/14/2010 - 05/20/20107 days
Laemmle's Musi...05/21/2010 - 05/27/20107 days
DVD10/26/2010

Trailer: Click for trailer

Genre: German Romantic Drama (German w/English subtitles)

Rated: Unrated

Synopsis

A young couple's relationship is pushed to the brink while vacationing in the Mediterranean. On the surface, Chris and Gitti are perfectly in love while enjoying their time in Sardinia. Beneath their playful romps, secret rituals and silly habits however lies an underlying tension. Full of verve, the idiosyncratic Gitti is fearless in expressing her love and devotion for Chris, while Chris is more reserved in his outlook on life. When they accidentally run into another, obviously happier and more successful couple their fragile relationship destabilizes. But as their fears and insecurities are brutally exposed, Chris and Gitti get a second chance to discover themselves and each other -- and to be as happy as everyone else.

Director's Statement

Everyone Else is about a new love relationship that hasn't endured much. The ground rules haven't been set and everyone is still afraid to completely reveal oneself. I was intrigued by this newly created intricate and unique entity that two people form when they enter into a relationship. It is such a chaotic meshwork of desires, secrets, demands, power structures and rituals.