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"Naked" (Nackt)

Scene from "Naked" (photo © Constantin Film)

Emilia and Felix, Annette and Boris, and Charlotte and Dylan have been close friends for years.

But the good old days are long gone. Emilia and Felix have recently broken up and are still going through the pangs of separation. Felix is financially strapped, whereas Dylan's overnight success on the stock market has made him and his beautiful wife, Charlotte, fabulously rich, though definitely not any happier. Annette and Boris seem happy enough at first glance - but are they really?

And what is happiness anyway? What is love? How do men and women cope with each others' dreams and dashed hopes? How do they communicate their deepest desires? Just what is it all about?

One night, a high stakes, spur-of-the-moment wager - whether two of the couples, blindfolded, can pick out their respective naked partners using only their hands - teaches them all more than they ever wanted to know about pheromones, the sense of touch, and what's aching to get out of those jeans.

Being naked is more than just taking your clothes off.

Doris Doerrie was born in Hanover. After studying Acting, Philosophy and Psychology in the USA, she studied at the University of Television & Film in Munich, where she runs the Creative Writing Department today. In addition to directing, she is also a novelist. Her award-winning films include: Straight Through the Heart (Mitten ins Herz, 1983), Inside the Belly of the Whale (Im Innern des Wals, 1984), Men (Maenner, 1985), Paradise (Paradies, 1986), Me and Him (Ich und er, 1988), Money (Geld, 1989), Happy Birthday! (Happy Birthday, Tuerke!, 1992), Nobody Loves Me (Keiner liebt mich, 1994), Am I Beautiful? (Bin ich schoen?,1998), Enlightenment Guaranteed (Erleuchtung garantiert, 2000), "Naked" (Nackt, 2002), The Fisherman and His Wife - Why Women Never Get Enough (Der Fischer und seine Frau - Warum Frauen nie genung bekommen, 2005), How to Cook Your Life (2007), Cherry Blossoms - Hanami (Kirschblueten - Hanami, 2008), and The Hairdresser (Die Friseuse, 2010).

Genre Comedy
Category Feature Film Cinema
Year of Production 2002
Director Doris Doerrie
Screenplay Doris Doerrie
Director of Photography Frank Griebe
Editor Inez Regnier
Music by Liquid Loop
Production Design Bernd Lepel
Producer Norbert Preuss
Production Companies Constantin Film Produktion/Munich, Fanes Film/Munich, in co-production with Megaherz Film & Fernsehen/Munich
Principal Cast Benno Fuermann, Nina Hoss, Mehmet Kurtulus, Alexandra Maria Lara, Heike Makatsch, Juergen Vogel
Casting Nessie Nesslauer
Length 100 min, 2,750 m
Format 35 mm, color, cs
Original Version German
Subtitled Versions English, French, Italian, Spanish
Sound Technology Dolby SRD
Festival Screenings Venice 2002 (in competition), Warsaw 2002 (German Panorama), Ghent 2003
Awards German Film Award 2003 (Silver)
With backing from German Federal Film Board (FFA), BKM, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern
German Distributor Constantin Film Verleih/Munich

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