A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love

German writer-director Nicolette Krebitz ventures into the arena of taboo love with A E I O U: A Quick Alphabet of Love about Anna (Sophie Rois), a sixty-year-old woman who has an affair with teenage Adrian (Milan Herms). Yet, there is nothing sensationalistic about this story; rather, it explores the spontaneity and surprising nature of human love.

Love and desire in older women have often been considered scandalous and treated as such in cinema. But with her new film A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love, German director Nicolette Krebitz takes a lighthearted, forgiving approach to the subject that is both daring and refreshing.