Simplify Your Soul

Simplify Your Soul

87 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 23, 2014

A city, a man, a woman. This time it's glittering Zurich. The protagonists: Karl and Lisa. They fall in love. The usual. But Karl is a so-called 'loser'. Does drugs, borrows money and is in debt everywhere. Responsibility is alien to him. He lives day to day, detests relationships and he's heading straight for the abyss. Finally, when he loses Lisa, too, he has a major breakdown and finally begins to fight for both her and himself. Lisa is disappointed by Karl's way of life, even though she isn't a shining example of responsibility herself. Both are running from reality. And what was that about 'devotion', 'freedom' and 'trust'? This is a film about love. Not the conquering-all kind but real love. With all its weaknesses, its volatility, and its egoism.

Simplify Your Soul

87 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 23, 2014

Simplify Your Soul
A city, a man, a woman. This time it's glittering Zurich. The protagonists: Karl and Lisa. They fall in love. The usual. But Karl is a so-called 'loser'. Does drugs, borrows money and is in debt everywhere. Responsibility is alien to him. He lives day to day, detests relationships and he's heading straight for the abyss. Finally, when he loses Lisa, too, he has a major breakdown and finally begins to fight for both her and himself. Lisa is disappointed by Karl's way of life, even though she isn't a shining example of responsibility herself. Both are running from reality. And what was that about 'devotion', 'freedom' and 'trust'? This is a film about love. Not the conquering-all kind but real love. With all its weaknesses, its volatility, and its egoism.
Producers Cornelsen Films
Original title Simplify Your Soul
Directors Markus Boestfleisch
Writers Markus Boestfleisch

Cast

Philippe Reinhardt

as Karl Rothstein

Marguerita Schumacher

as Lisa Weiss

Nadine Strittmatter

as Jelena von Warren

Urs Althaus

as Ray

Christian Meyer

as Band Leader

Gundars Āboliņš

as Latvian Narrator (voice)