Laura (Embla Ingelman-Sundberg) and Alex (Aviva Wrede), two Swedish girls in their early 20s, have decided to travel across Europe by train to take in the sights - and do some heavy partying. And Alex is a total party girl, one who sleeps around and is quite open about it. Laura on the other hand always has her boyfriend Elias (Odin Romanus) on the back of her mind, which holds her back ... until their first night in Warsaw, where she gets so drunk that she has sex with Lucas (Oscar Lesage), a young Frenchman also staying at their AirBnB, and worst of all, she can remember hardly any of it the very next day - which is when Elias calls, telling her he will meet her at their next destination, Prague. In Prague, Laura confesses everything to Elias, and he's apparently not happy. She does her best to fix up things with him, but soon she realizes she doesn't love him as much anymore as she had once thought, and also has to face the fact that he's just not very good in bed, and ultimately the two split up. This leaves Laura somewhat confused, so much so that at their next stop Berlin she tries to be just as wild as Alex but has to realize it*s just not her style. So when they arrive in Paris, she heads straight for Lucas' apartment - without being sure of anything though ...

A rather touching film about a sexually confused woman that actually works quite so well because it doesn't try to sensationalize things, instead tells its story in a slice-of-life manner and often uses silences to convey emotions while keeping the dialogue at a natural flow. And a directorial effort that despite the film being set in some really pittoresque cities all across the continent avoids postcard aesthetics and keeps it down to earth, and very natural performances by the two leads help make this a very worthwhile watch.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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