What roles do we play in a romantic relationship? Are they just a rehash of the same old ones we always play? What do we look for in dating apps? Why is it so complicated to find a partner today?
How have the ways in which we connect with and understand our partners changed? Do we compromise on many things while looking for love? Are we beings who are dependent on others? Is this dependence a blessing or a curse? Can we teach or be taught how to love others? How do we feel when we fall in love? As part of a workshop organised in the Cineteca in Madrid, the director begins reading a script she wrote for a film. The questions it raises are fascinating, without a doubt: how has our way of forging a connection changed over time?
How do we communicate through dating apps? How important are sex and physical attributes in a romantic relationship? Why does romantic love endure as a hegemonic model, and what are the principles or ideals that underpin it?
Why do we feel the need for recognition from others? What advantages are there to being in a relationship and being single? What does it mean to be single? How do we get over heartbreak? Why is it so painful when we feel betrayed by the people we love? Why do we sometimes end up hating that which we once loved? In short, what do we understand by love, and what do we look for in it? Her decision to film in one single space, clutching a microphone and using a handheld camera, and involving a fairly small group of people, allows her to achieve the spontaneity, levity to help compensate for the seriousness of the topic , and intimate and reflective tone she is looking for.
In this way, she manages to refresh and reformulate Love Meetings by Pier Paolo Pasolini the documentary it draws its inspiration from with a view to reflecting different experiences and modern-day visions of romantic relationships, via the figure of the Lothario as a metaphor for the deception or self-delusion that love can degenerate into.
