Carte Blanche to Denis Côté
(Bildnis einer Trinkerin - Aller jamais retour)
Director: Ulrike Ottinger, Germany, 1979, 108 min. Cast: Tabea Blumenschein, Christine Lutze, Magdalena Montezuma, Nina Hagen, Kurt Raab.
In German with English subtitles.
A portrait of two unusual, extremely different women. One rich, eccentric, hiding her feelings behind a mask, consciously drinks herself to death. The other is a known drinker in town. In the course of the story they try to get to know each other, but they cannot come together. The background is Berlin, thrown open to a grotesque kind of sightseeing (drinkers’ geography) and complemented by authentic contributions from people who live here or are visiting, singers, writers, artists, taxi drivers.
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