Cloud 9

She didn't ask for it. It just happened. There were stealing glances, attraction. But this was supposed to happen. Inge is in her mid-60s. She has been married for 30 years and loves her husband. But Inge is drawn to this older man Karl, already 76. It's passion. It's sex. And she suddenly feels like a young girl again... I wanted to tell this love story as if they were young people, because I was under the impression that this simply didn't exist in film. Normal old people are not granted any great emotions, and no sexuality whatsoever. However in this film, the woman leaves her husband for an even older man and decides for this love under a great amount of pain. The common cliches are turned upside down in this story. If you've been married for 30 years, you can express almost everything non-verbally and when the love is very young, it also doesn't need many words. However, when the conflict breaks out, the words begin to appear but they unfourtunatley don't help to support or clarify the situation in any way; on the contrary they only create more havoc. In the end, Cloud 9 is a film not only about love and sexuality between old-aged people, but it is also a very normal story about love and pain and how difficult it is to withstand the terror of love.
Germany
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2008

Director
Andreas Dresen

Script
Andreas Dresen
Cooky Ziesche
Jörg Hauschild

Cinematography
Michael Hammon bvk

Editing
Jörg Hauschild

Production
Peter Rommel

Cast
Horst Rehberg
Horst Westpahal
Steffi Kühnert
Ursula Werner

Festivals
14th Festival on Wheels
GOLDEN GAIN INTERNATIONAL FILM COMPETITION