A couple so bored they weaponize rom-com tropes against their own relationship. What could go wrong?
Hans calls his girlfriend Heinz, which tells you everything you need to know about their relationship. They're a typical couple who're stuck in a rut after eight years. Hans works at a copy shop and Heinz is an actress relegated to voicing a cartoon stoplight. On their anniversary, they go to the movies. It's a romance. But the spark on screen just doesn't strike them. When Hans gives Heinz's ex her phone number instead of putting up a fight over her, Heinz' alarm bells go off: How can this be love? They decided to make a list of everything than makes up a real love: Romance, desire, passion, jealousy, drama – deep feelings, in other words. Hans and Heinz methodically start checking off their list and realize: Real life is nothing like the movies.
Writing
Ruthlessly self-aware script that weaponizes every rom-cliché
Acting
Tonke and Hosemann's devastatingly ordinary chemistry
Director
Laura Lackmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Laura Lackmann comes from Germany's 'Berlin School' tradition—explaining the deadpan naturalism and refusal of Hollywood catharsis.
The stoplight voiceover gig is a sly nod to Heinz's entire existence: always signaling, never moving, trapped in cycles.
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