Everyone Else (2009) NYT Crictics' Pick

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Lars Eidinger and Birgit Minichmayr portray a young couple vacationing in Sardinia in the German film “Everyone Else.”
Perfectly Happy, Until They Venture Into the Outside World
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Published: April 9, 2010

“Everyone Else,” a sun-kissed German film about a young couple in love and in doubt, might not be perfect, but so much is right and true in this lovely, delicate work that it comes breathtakingly close. Written and directed by Maren Ade, it involves Gitti (Birgit Minichmayr) and Chris (Lars Eidinger), who are vacationing at his parents’ Sardinian villa. When the film opens, his sister is whisking her family off, leaving the couple alone. It’s an ideal setup for Gitti and Chris, who can’t keep their hands off each other, and in whose half-dressed bodies you can see and feel the heat of the island, the eroticism too. More