Solo Sunny

Solo Sunny

1980 · 105 min · DE · 6.2 (40 votes)
Dir. Konrad Wolf, Wolfgang Kohlhaase · Starring Renate Krößner, Fred Düren, Ursula Braun, Heide Kipp, Dieter Montag, Alexander Lang
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Sunny is the singer of a band trying to establish itself in the East Berlin music scene. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and with her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with Ralph, an amateur saxophonist and philosophy student, who writes her a very personal song—but his obsession with death and unfaithful lifestyle are not for her. After getting into a quarrel with a band member who harasses her and telling off a show host, she is thrown out of the band. Abandoned, she struggles to regain control over her life.

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A raw, introspective journey through East Berlin's music scene. It feels like a smoky, dimly lit club where a singer grapples with artistic ambition and personal disillusionment, searching for her voice amidst societal constraints.

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