Europe, She Loves (2016)

Europe, She Loves: Directed by Jan Gassmann. Europe on the verge of social and economic change. A close up into the shaken vision of four couples, daily struggles, fights, kids, sex and passion. A movie about the politics of love. Le cinéma politique fait l’amour.

“Described as a documentary but filmed like a feature film in which the u0026#39;actorsu0026#39; seem to be playing variations of themselves, Jan Gassmannu0026#39;s u0026quot;Europe, she lovesu0026quot; is a virtually plot less look at the lives of four couples in four European cities. Judging by the fairly explicit sex scenes it is unlikely it can be described as pure documentary; everything is obviously staged. Itu0026#39;s also not very interesting. Fundamentally we all seem to live very boring lives in which nothing very much happens. If there is a thread running through the picture itu0026#39;s economic deprivation. Gassmannu0026#39;s protagonists definitely come from the lower end of the economic spectrum and since he doesnu0026#39;t picture them in any kind of positive light the film feels more than vaguely like exploitation. Itu0026#39;s certainly of its time so it is naturally depressingly prescient. Itu0026#39;s most definitely the antithesis of feel-good.”