Touch Me Not (2018)

Together, a filmmaker and her characters venture into a personal research project about intimacy. On the fluid border between reality and fiction, Touch Me Not follows the emotional journeys of Laura, Tómas and Christian, offering a deeply empathic insight into their lives.

Director:

Adina Pintilie

Writer:

Adina Pintilie

Stars:

Laura Benson, Tómas Lemarquis, Christian Bayerlein

4 wins & 20 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Laura Benson	...	Laura
Tómas Lemarquis	...	Tomas
Christian Bayerlein	...	Christian
Grit Uhlemann	...	Grit
Adina Pintilie	...	Adina
Hanna Hofmann	...	Hanna / transsexual
Seani Love	...	Seani
Irmena Chichikova	...	Mona
Rainer Steffen	...	Stefan
Georgi Naldzhiev	...	Male Escort
Dirk Lange	...	Radu
Annett Sawallisch	...	Nurse
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jette Blümler
Michael Braun
George Chiper

Storyline

"Tell me how you loved me, so I understand how to love." Together, a filmmaker and her characters venture into a personal research project about intimacy. On the fluid border between reality and fiction, Touch Me Not follows the emotional journeys of Laura, Tómas and Christian, offering a deeply empathetic insight into their lives. Craving for intimacy yet also deeply afraid of it, they work to overcome old patterns, defense mechanisms and taboos, to cut the cord and finally be free. Touch Me Not looks at how we can find intimacy in the most unexpected ways, at how to love another without losing ourselves.

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Plot Keywords:

group therapy | sexual liberation | avant garde | interrotron | research | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the second Romanian feature to win the Golden Bear after Child's Pose (2013).

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Quotes

Seani: Can I taste your tear ? I have a fetish for tears.
Laura: You must need more salt.

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Soundtracks

Wir sind gekommen die Geschenke abzuholen
Written by Blixa Bargeld, N.U. Unruh, Alexander Hacke,
Jochen Arbeit and Rudi Moser
Performed by Einstürzende Neubauten
Published by Freibank
Courtesy of Potomak

User Reviews

Daring, Personal & Raw

How you were loved reveals how you love. Since guilt and fear often get in the way, Touch Me Not explores the real experiences of some who set out to widen their horizons, break conventions and confront prejudices. "With maybe 15 to 20 years of good health" one asks, "do I want to continue as I am living?" The film explores different perspectives on human relationships and opens new doors and possibilities of body and mind.

Daring, personal and raw, Touch Me Not proceeds in voyeur-like fashion and invites dialogue about intimacy. Winner of golden bear at the Berlin film festival. North American premiere seen at the 2018 Toronto international film festival.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Japan]

Country:

Romania Germany Czech Republic Bulgaria France

Language:

English German

Release Date:

31 October 2018 (France)

Also Known As:

Touch Me Not

Filming Locations:

Romania

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,616, 13 January 2019

Gross USA:

$13,782

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$75,507

Company Credits

Production Co:

Manekino Film, Rohfilm, Pink Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1