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