Couchmovie

Story

Synopsis

In the form of an anthology film, travelers and hosts encounter one another in four different places in Europe via an internet-based hosting network called “Couchsurfing”. In Stuttgart, the Swabian publisher Annette meets the Polish master in the art of living Pawel, while her niece Nina is expecting a big fiesta in Spain, but meets only a deaf old man. In parallel Matti, a freshly minted high school graduate, hopes to find a great adventure in Paris, while the two Erasmus students Reka and Alma wander through Frankfurt desperately seeking their hosts. In the quest of adventure, diversion or just an authentic travel experience, encountering people whom one never would have met otherwise and so they are confronted not only with counterparts, but also with themselves.

Director

Isabel Braak

Language

German

Release date

23 October 2013

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Maria Dragus

  Reka (segment "Frankfurt am Main")

• 

  Lore Richter

  Nina (segment "Santander")

• 

  Hélène Kuhn

  Cisem (segment "Paris")

• 

  Samuel Schneider

  Matti (segment "Paris")

• Babett Arens

  Annette (segment "Stuttgart")

• Maxime Beugin

  Serge (segment "Paris")

• Ilja Pletner

  Pawel (segment "Stuttgart")

• Sarah-Megan Allouch

  Louise (segment "Paris")

• 

  Helen Woigk

  Alma (segment "Frankfurt am Main")