
The Loneliness of the Big City Dwellers
Documentary
Overview
Karate, a forty-year-old woman without a relationship, contacts ten different women via dating apps from Tinder, OkCupid or Badoo and meets some of them to escape the desert of loneliness in this big city during post-pandemic times of crisis and learns a lot about life, complex relationship structures, loneliness and herself during these very different encounters.
Top Cast


Margarita Breitkreiz
Margarita Breitkreiz
Karate
Margarita Breitkreiz
Karate


Sarah Sandeh
Sarah Sandeh
Sarah Sandeh
Rebecca Rudolph
Rebecca Rudolph
Rebecca Rudolph


Susana Abdulmajid
Susana Abdulmajid
Susana Abdulmajid
Lotte Ohm
Lotte Ohm
Lotte Ohm
Alexandra Pyatkova
Alexandra Pyatkova
Alexandra Pyatkova
Rosa Lembeck
Rosa Lembeck
Rosa Lembeck
Artemis Chalkidou
Artemis Chalkidou
Artemis Chalkidou
Anna Görgen
Anna Görgen
Anna Görgen
Oliver Nitsche
Oliver Nitsche
Oliver Nitsche
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