LOMO - The Language of many Others

"Do you still have sex?" asks Karl, aka Lomo, during dinner with his distinguished parents in the garden of the family villa. The video is promptly uploaded to this blog and generates a stir, much to the chagrin of his father. Karl regularly escapes from reality to the digital world, with his followers coming more and more to represent his social support network. At the same time Karl increasingly distances himself from his family and classmates, with his interest for the real world sustained only by his feelings for the nonchalant Doro. Ultimately let down by love, Karl seeks revenge and causes a great deal of distress in the process. Having turned to his digital friends for help, he now gradually becomes their puppet, as they direct his actions via live stream. Is he wise to surrender control over his life? In answering this question the film manages to incorporate both light-hearted and captivating scenes into its innovative narrative form almost seamlessly. JG