99 Luas de Paixão

Obviously not, but if you know the song by Nena, you may have had the same thought(s) ... or not. Whatever the case, no pun intended as always of course. We do get two people who do not seem to fit - to be a fit that is. And yet as they say opposites attract ... and there is a lot to lick here ... I mean like here ... or do I mean that? Ah another pun.

The movie is quite sexual and it knows it, but in quite the weird way. It is not about shades of grey, but it is about control and power over someone else. It also is about love and how we relate to each other - or not. Are we disconnected, even when we are so close and supposedly super connected (with each other)? There is a case to be made - add other(s) things to the mix and it gets quite dangerous ... well metaphorically speaking that is of course ... can this relationship be sustained? And at what cost?

So removed from typical Hollywood or Netflix clichés, this movie reminded me of what I liked about going to the cinema when movies didn't come out of a shiny susurre machine. A movie that is a piece of art, making you think and come to your own conclusion, not feed you everything.

If you are looking for a predictable plot, obvious good and bad, or 'high production value' turn look elsewhere. This movie is an example of why humans need to make movie, not 'AI'

It's a series of vignettes into two lives entwined in a complex way. I was so grateful that it didn't have a corny moral message that to step outside acceptable society brings punishment.

The reference to 99 moons relates to the number of lunar cycles that the film encompasses. We first meet Bigma as she drives her car to the fifth floor of a parking garage, where she is attacked by a man in a face mask. But no, it is not an assault, it is play acting. Such is part of her life. The rest of her life is as a researcher, who is using monitoring wildlife as a predictor of earthquakes and tsunamis. In what seems to be heavy competition, she gets a grant. But don't expect much more about earthquakes, unless it is the bed shaking from amorous activities. And yes, there is an abundance of skin and some fairly amorous couplings. She is attracted to Frank. She is 28 and he is 33, and what he does is rather obscure. He has plenty of tattoos, and seems to be working in a nightclub at times and also as a waiter. But there is an attraction between both of them, which at times seems toxic. Near the end there is a magical running through a snow covered forest, which is really beautifully done. Bigma is still doing her research, and Frank has married and has a child, and they meet in the forest.

(2022) 99 Moons (In German with English subtitles) ADULT DRAMA

Written and directed by Jan Gassmann that opens with a defenseless woman that looked like she was being attacked by a man wearing a mask in an underground bridge. And as it turned out it was nothing but play acting or foreplay by the woman herself, Bigma (Valentina Di Pace) to which she gets turned on if someone were to attack her. And because no money was exchanged it may be one of those online hook up requests. She then drops him off as we witness Frank's (Dominik Fellmann) daily routine is like where he interacts with other people while she is at an office trying to compete with other members for sponsor money and wins after her presentation. The next thing we know, he either pursues her and vice versa. To which when Bigma tried the same playacting at the opening but this time with some other person, it was not the same thing. When Frank succeeds into finding out where she works and so forth, she then returns the favor. This is not like any relationship movie for it after the hour mark, we find out she is an already married woman searching for a bad boy to help her relieve some of her fantasies. Will she stay with her faithful, successful husband, Georg Huber (Danny Exnar)!

I tried watching this movie until it got to the scene where they both decided to ditch from paying for their meal! I thought that was too cliche and corny since Bigma was supposed to be the wealthy one who should be able to afford to pay for it after that grant. I have no idea what Frank does for a living, for on one scene, it is presumed he works at a club or at a bar, the next thing we know he is a waiter. The entire movie meanders like that to which if she is actually somewhat supposedly be an upper class scientist, the movie does not do a very good job about showing it.

... one of those films where critics having more to say than average viewers... after watching it maybe even more than once, what is it about... two people with so great an intense physical attraction that they can't stop themselves from engaging in sex in whatever-way whenever again and again... lots of very nude action on film (for both being first time acting they really do an incredible job.. job??)... to be taking place over eight years, yet there's no way knowing when any of this is happening

... there's three that must be felt for in all of this... both spouses/family of these kinds of obsessive-pairings, and the viewing audience.