Completed - ENGLISH, GERMAN - Drama - 125 minutes
The Romanian director tests the therapeutic potential of exposing one's body and emotions-in the company of the film's three protagonists. Observing the (mostly) improvised interactions between them, Pintilie poses questions about how we understand concepts such as intimacy, beauty and desire.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Adina PINTILIE Cast : Laura BENSON, Tomas LEMARQUIS, Christian BAYERLEIN, Grit UHLEMANN, Adina PINTILIE, Hanna HOFMANN, Seani LOVE, Irmena CHICHIKOVA
Touch Me Not blurs the boundaries between fiction and reality. Pintilie has made a film that "is not a documentary, but it is certainly not fiction," says Tómas Lemarquis, one of the stars of the film. The Golden Bear winner calls her film a mirror that shows us that the Other is really a reflection of ourselves: "we are all, in some respects, excluded, marginalized, perceived as outsiders." Touch Me Not is an ode to the human body and to the desires connected with it; above all, it's a call for acceptance of otherness. It is only once this condition is fulfilled that we can expect society to accept us as well.
Country(ies) : ROMANIA, GERMANY, CZECH REPUBLIC, BULGARIA, FRANCE
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Berlinale 2018 (Best First Feature Award)Berlinale 2018 (Golden Berlin Bear)