99 Moons
Contemporary Cinema
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1h 52m
Directed by Jan Gassmann | 112 mins | 2022
Repressed pleasures and the blurred lines between lust and love are interrogated in this heady sexual odyssey, which charts the on-and-off relationship of eight-plus years between Frank (Dominik Fellmann), a DJ, and Bigna (Valentina Di Pace), a disaster-prevention scientist. The clash of demeanor and desires between these two young millennials, both played by first-timers, produces an addictive spark.
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