In her critically acclaimed new feature, Helke Sander continues the energetic and original approach to the narrative--and the witty, somewhat cynical analysis of contemporary relationships--that she has explored since her first feature, The All-Around Reduced Personality--Outtakes (1977), established her as a leading figure in the New German Cinema. The story of a love triangle among Hamburg intellectuals features Sander as a journalist who becomes involved with the longtime boyfriend (Lou Castel) of her own good friend (Rebecca Pauly). As always, Sander's oblique treatment raises more questions than it answers about the status of male-female relationships today. And, despite its cool humor, The Trouble with Love, like The All-Around Reduced Personality, is an impassioned exploration of the boundaries between everyday life and politics.