Virgin Machine

Die Jungfrauenmaschine
Germany, 1988. 86 mins. First Run Feat.

Dorothee is a journalist in Hamburg investigating romantic love. She interviews experts and examines herself and her own feelings as well. She launches the personal side of her investigation by sleeping with her brother. Then she develops a relationship with Heinz, but it goes flat as he grows fat. She dreams of California, and she goes to San Francisco where her mother's living. She doesn't find mom, but she does meet interesting women: Susie Sexpert, who invites her to a women only night of striptease, Dominique, a Uruguayan who works for a local porn king, and Ramona, a love therapist who advertises on TV and has an act in the strip show.

Director: Monika Treut