Angèle comes from a politicized family and works as an urban planner in Paris - until her progressive bosses have to fire her. Angèle then moves in back with her father. She is a revolutionary through and through. But the grace of late birth is more of an obstacle for her. When she was 8 years old, the first McDonalds opened in East Berlin. Under Angèle's political struggle, her relationships with friends, family and her lover suffer. Angèle is estranged from her sister, who has chosen the capitalist path and hasn't talked to her mother in years. "Angèle is the daughter of activists and still wants to change the world in her generation. She decided to study urban planning out of political interest. In furious rebellion, she insists on utopias, on desires, on "what we should fundamentally agree on and vote on". Her sister has opted for business, her loyal friend models baby footprints as lasting memories. Together they set up a collective. "There is not just one meaning in life, but many," proclaims Angèle's new love. When asked by her mother what she is working on, she hesitantly says she is building a road. The film takes work and the discussion about what it can still be and what role love can play in it very seriously. Sometimes dramatic, often humorous, this reckoning joyfully goes all out in every dialog." (Sooner curator Robert Bramkamp)
Independent, Comedy
1h 29min
16+
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The radical-minded urban planner Angèle neglects her friends and family for her political struggle.
Angèle comes from a politicized family and works as an urban planner in Paris - until her progressive bosses have to fire her. Angèle then moves in back with her father.
She is a revolutionary through and through. But the grace of late birth is more of an obstacle for her. When she was 8 years old, the first McDonalds opened in East Berlin. Under Angèle's political struggle, her relationships with friends, family and her lover suffer. Angèle is estranged from her sister, who has chosen the capitalist path and hasn't talked to her mother in years.
"Angèle is the daughter of activists and still wants to change the world in her generation. She decided to study urban planning out of political interest. In furious rebellion, she insists on utopias, on desires, on "what we should fundamentally agree on and vote on". Her sister has opted for business, her loyal friend models baby footprints as lasting memories. Together they set up a collective. "There is not just one meaning in life, but many," proclaims Angèle's new love. When asked by her mother what she is working on, she hesitantly says she is building a road. The film takes work and the discussion about what it can still be and what role love can play in it very seriously. Sometimes dramatic, often humorous, this reckoning joyfully goes all out in every dialog." (Sooner curator Robert Bramkamp)