The Loneliness of the Big City Dwellers
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The Loneliness of the Big City Dwellers

9.0 / 10 2024 1h 40mNR German
Documentary

Storyline

Karate, a forty-year-old woman without a relationship, contacts ten different women via dating apps from Tinder, OkCupid or Badoo and meets some of them to escape the desert of loneliness in this big city during post-pandemic times of crisis and learns a lot about life, complex relationship structures, loneliness and herself during these very different encounters.

Cast & Crew

Margarita Breitkreiz

Margarita Breitkreiz

Karate

Lead
Sarah Sandeh

Sarah Sandeh

RR

Rebecca Rudolph

Susana Abdulmajid

Susana Abdulmajid

LO

Lotte Ohm

AP

Alexandra Pyatkova

RL

Rosa Lembeck

AC

Artemis Chalkidou

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Sobo Swobodnik's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. The Loneliness of the Big City Dwellers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker