B Relationship drama
A young German couple, very much in love in a very physical way, deal with relationship issues on vacation in Sardinia. This is actually a working vacation for Chris, an architect hoping to get an assignment fixing up an old villa. He’s a fairly calm, practical person, although insecure. His girlfriend Gitti, on the other hand, is wild, unconventional, and just a little bit crazy. Maybe, even, crazy in the serious sense of the word.
She’s also at a considerable disadvantage in this particular vacation. He’s working, 
leaving her with time on her hands. He speaks Italian, she doesn’t. They’re staying at a house that belongs to his parents.
Gitti’s only real pleasures on the island are sex, which she seems constantly to want, and making trouble. When another couple turn up—the man is a sort-of friend to Chris—she finds plenty of opportunities to do the later.
As the film progresses, it becomes clearer and clearer that, despite strong physical attractions, these two really don’t make a good fit.
This is an exceptionally low-key affair. Conversations keep coming around to whether Gitti will keep or return a new dress. Seeming disasters never quite turn into real ones. Even when one person threatens another with a knife, it’s done in such a calm, matter-of-fact way that the audience I saw it with laughed. I believe we were supposed to.
Writer/director Maren Ade doesn’t bother with exposition, letting you figure out the relationships as the film unspools. You have to pay attention, but it’s worth doing so.
Everyone Else is playing at the Lumiere and the Shattuck. I saw it at this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival.
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