Learning to Lie

Learning to Lie

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Release Date

7/2/2003

Runtime

87 mins

Overview

18-year-old school boy Helmut falls in love with fellow pupil Britta. He starts working for a Peace movement to get to know Britta. Britta, however, suddenly moves to San Francisco to live with her father and whilst there, finds a new boyfriend. Helmut studies, literature and politics in his home town and have a relationship with another girl from his former school, now studying medicine at the same university but they break up after having an affair with her roommate. Helmut begins a lot of short affairs with different women but still searches for his first girl.

Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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A wry, tender portrait of a young man's stumbling passage into adulthood, tracing the gap between romantic idealism and the messy reality of desire and connection. Helmut's wandering through relationships and cities feels like watching someone slowly learn that the girl you loved at eighteen will never be as important as becoming someone worth loving.

Mood

BittersweetWistfulMelancholicWhimsical

Themes

Coming of ageLoveIdentityMemory

Tone

Ironic

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

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