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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.
Daijoji is an ordinary office worker. One day, when he returns home from a business trip, he witnesses his wife Miki having an affair with a stranger. The next morning, he finds divorce papers on the table and his wife has left home. Meanwhile, at work, he is in charge of restructuring in the HR department, and today he is once again feeling embarrassed as he announces the dismissal of his fellow employees. Covered in both personal and professional pain, Daijoji heads to a jazz bar on his way home to soothe his soul. There, he meets a refined woman named Chiharu, and they hit it off over a conversation about jazz, leading to a night together...
When looking for alternative energy sources, the Japanese scientist Sekai tragically dies. Twenty years later the Brazilian mathematician Euclides continues his research. The lack of an essential component won't allow a breakthrough. Only AUN, Sekai's son, seems to hold the key to protect mankind from self-destruction. In the aftermath of the nuclear tragedy in Fukushima the film appears like a prophecy. AUN's dream-like images, complemented by music from Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto, lead into a fantastic and exciting world, full of brightness and darkness of life.
Hanako, the editor-in-chief of a fashion web magazine, is shocked by the splendid crotch of a new employee, Itaya. In order to succeed at Itaya, Hanako enlists the help of Momoko, an actress who is Hanako's college classmate and who is a big fan of Hanako's.
