Ein Leben ohne Liebe ist möglich, aber sinnlos

romantic comedy

ES 25 – 100 min. – Director: Cesc Gay / Screenplay: Cesc Gay, Eduard Sola / Cast: Nora Navas, Rodrigo de la Serna, Juan Diego Botto, Fernanda Orazi, Àgata Roca, Francesco Carril, Marian Álvarez, Miki Esparbé, Lluís Villanueva – German version
 
Winner of the San Sebastian Film Festival

Eva is a strong woman who knows what she wants, but after 25 years of marriage, her heart is only going through the motions. Normal life has taken something from her that is vital to her: the game of love. On a business trip to Rome, she meets the writer Alex, with whom she falls in love spontaneously, even though he is taken. Back in Barcelona, Eva gives up her orderly life, enters the world of dating algorithms, and tries to find her way through the jungle of post-romantic possibilities—not always with success. Between poetic promises, embarrassing encounters, and charming disasters, she stumbles through the modern world of love—in search of a feeling she thought she had long lost. And isn't there simply a cure for true love by now? Suddenly, Alex reappears on the scene and Eva has to ask herself the question of all questions: does true love perhaps exist after all?

A LIFE WITHOUT LOVE IS POSSIBLE, BUT MEANINGLESS is a clever, light-hearted, and touching romantic comedy about the fear of change and the happiness and pain that comes with daring to embrace it. Spanish cinema with heart and great sensitivity, the likes of which we haven't seen in a long time.