you may want to try and catch Emily Atef’s newest film, IRGENDWANN WERDEN WIR UNS ALLES ERZÄHLEN (Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything). Atef is a veteran of the Competition section with 2018’s excellent 3 DAYS IN QUIBERON, but this time she’s telling a lush and erotically charged story that takes place in the rural villages of East Germany in the days following reunification. It’s essentially a love triangle, but one that is refreshingly told entirely from the perspective of the young woman (played by Marlene Burow), who has to choose between her current boyfriend (who kind of takes her for granted) and the ruggedly handsome 40-year-old neighbor (who’s much more mysterious and passionate). The movie is also about choosing between a future of unknown possibilities in the West or staying put in the East, and I haven’t seen this concept put into a steamy romance quite like this before. Consider this one if you’re looking for a good date movie.

Sean Erickson