Sonja Kulkarni

In her documentary, Larissa Trüby creates an entertaining kaleidoscope on the question of personal happiness. Alongside happiness seekers of all ages, she gives scientists from various disciplines a chance to have their say with their latest research findings. The guide to happiness is multifaceted and the interesting conversations open up new perspectives.

Georg is a writer hoping for his big breakthrough. When he meets the unemployed Alois, he recognizes in him the novel material he has been so desperately searching for. Alois has a strange habit: he entangles his fellow human beings in absurd situations seemingly without meaning. Georg decides to get to the bottom of Alois' behavior and gets caught up in a chain of such bizarre, embarrassing and threatening events that he soon finds himself in over his head.

How does dating and finding love work in an era where partnership has been radically redefined? All people share the yearning to connect and belong with others and the hope of experiencing genuine intimacy. Our three protagonists Sarah (Austria), Johanna (Germany) and Sampsa (Finland) search for love in very different ways and show that having faith in the most unusual of methods can open up undreamed of opportunities.