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LOVE STORY

New Zealand / 2011 / 92 min / DCP

Director : Florian Habicht

New York in the summer is a wonderful place to fall in love. So when transient artist Florian Habicht spots on the subway a beautiful woman carrying a piece of cake on a plate, he begins to film her and to fall in love. Unsure how to court this mysterious siren, Florian takes to the streets: he asks a wild collection of passerby literally ‘what should happen next?’ in his love story. Real New Yorkers respond with pleasure, surprise and distaste, but they’ve always got an opinion: what to do on a first date, how to treat her after a taxi accident, how to lure her into bed...He even enquires (while on a late-night condom run, wearing nothing more than her striped tights) how to handle the inevitable failures and sexual twists. Overseeing the entire endeavor, like a Brechtian director on stage, is Florian’s father, Skyping in his blockbuster movie advice.

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