Universalove (2008)

Love happens. Love takes place. Strange love. True love. Crazy love. Desperate Love. Everywhere. Every moment.

Director:

Thomas Woschitz

Writers:

Thomas Woschitz (screenplay), Andrea Piva

Stars:

Anica Dobra, Dusan Askovic, Stefan Arsenijevic

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Anica Dobra	...	Milja
Dusan Askovic	...	Dusan
Stefan Arsenijevic	...	Dragan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gordana Angelovski	...	Milja's friend (Belgrade)
Marguerite Anselin	...	Ben's daughter (Luxembourg)
Ms. Aparecida	...	Natalia (Rio de Janeiro)
Abdel Kader Azouz	...	Rachid's father (Marseille)
Dan Burkarth	...	Greg
Erom Cordeiro	...	João aka Pedro
Mona Rachel Dorfman
Karina Duarte	...	Regina (Rio de Janeiro)
Hrefna Einarsdottir	...	Ben's wife (Luxembourg)
Matt Fitzgerald	...	Frank
Magda Gomes	...	Maria
Sri Gordon	...	Mary

Storyline

UNIVERSALOVE is a global love story. Six episodes in six different places of the world are told in a symbiosis of modern story-telling and popular music. UNIVERSALOVE is an experiment - a global love story. The interwoven storylines are located in Brooklyn, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Belgrade, Marseille and Luxembourg. The laconic narrative style captures moments that set the viewer on a journey around the globe and deep into the emotional worlds of very different characters affiliated with different cultural spheres and languages.

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Genres:

Musical

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User Reviews

Frozen in motion

Conceptually, "Universalove" is a lot like "Night on Earth", but with only about one tenth the dialog and not much more coherence. Until about half-way through the movie, you don't know what's going on in any of its six episodes, and you don't really care about the characters either. This is mostly due to the fact that the episodes are broken down into tiny segments, each of which only reveals a fraction of the respective story. My favorite is the one about the Brazilian girl who accidentally gets run over by the soap opera star she adores. To console her, he takes her along to the set of the show, where her illusions are promptly shattered. Chances are there's something for everybody in this movie, but don't expect a lasting impression. - Very nice soundtrack, by Austrian outfit Naked Lunch.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Austria Luxembourg Serbia

Language:

French Japanese Portuguese Serbian English Luxembourgish

Release Date:

25 September 2009 (Luxembourg)

Also Known As:

Univerzalna ljubav

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$71,554

Company Credits

Production Co:

KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production, Red Lion Sarl, Donau Festival

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min 83 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color