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Cinema is sensitive to current trends. We present you four films on the topic of virtual relationships.
“Love.no”
Bulgaria, 2011
Several stories, different characters: each of them prefers the Internet to live communication: someone hopes to find love, someone just to spend time. In one story, a husband flirts with his wife without even realizing it. Dating is virtual, but the excitement and fear are real.
“She”
USA, 2013
Theodore is a middle-aged writer plunged into a black depression. One day he buys a voice assistant designed to fulfill any desire of the user, and is so fond of communication that he falls in love with her. But even in such relationships there are conflicts. Theodore tries to find their cause.
“Mr. Stein Goes Online”
France, 2017
Relatives donate a computer to a 75-year-old widower in the hope of somehow brightening up the old man’s everyday life. And one day Pierre meets a girl, pretending to be a young guy in his account. She really likes his touching messages. But what will she say in person?
“Whaler”
Russia, 2020
The life of the Chukchi boy Leshka, who dreams of intimacy with a woman, is changing with the advent of the Internet in the village. He falls in love with a puppet girl from a video chat and, having learned that she lives in America, decides to go to meet her. After all, Alaska is within easy reach.