Woman In a Bot­tle

Alpha fails to connect with her new co-workers and secretly masturbates at work to find distraction. After almost being caught by her colleague Beta, she asks him over to dinner. The conversation is awkward and he leaves abruptly. Being disappointed, she masturbates again. Later, while smoking on the balcony, Alpha discovers her neighbor, Gamma, on the balcony across the street. She feels immediately drawn to her. The next day, she inserts a remote-controlled vibrator before going to work. She bumps into Gamma outside of her house and they have a short talk. Over the day she keeps thinking about her while wearing the vibrator. In the evening, she goes back out on her balcony to see Gamma. She starts to masturbate in front of her but stops after a while. They stare into each other’s eyes. For the first time she feels truly seen by another person.

Credits

Cast:

Dai Meng – Alpha

Hermann Müller – Beta

Rahel Tzegai – Gamma

Script:

Baonan Wang

Djuna Delker

Camera:

Pavlina Komonova

Editing:

Shadi Farid

Producer:

Lisa-Marie Lutz

Sound:

Lydia Leerstelle

Music:

George Farid

Film info

Direction:

Baonan Wang

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Production:

2024

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

1:1,85

Frame rate:

25 fps

Aspect ratio:

1:1,85

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

English with German subtitles

Version:

OmU

Runtime:

13 min