Liebhaberinnen

THE LOVERS are trade show hostess Brigitte (Johanna Wokalek) and young Paula (Hannah Schiller). Faced with the dwindling market value of her femininity, Brigitte makes the wealthy Heinz (Ben Münchow) her lover. She just barely manages to climb her way to the top, while Paula has yet to experience the hardships of life.

With this modern adaptation of Elfriede Jelinek’s novel *Die Liebhaberinnen*, director Koxi stages an absurdly humorous and bitterly tragic...