Lotte 2016

Overview

Lotte is a 2016 German drama film directed by Julius Schultheiss, who also wrote the screenplay. The film follows the titular character, an impulsive woman who lives a rough and colorful life on the streets of Berlin. Her daily existence is characterized by moving between different men, apartments, and bars. The narrative trajectory shifts when she has a brief encounter with a young girl named Greta. This meeting upends Lotte's life and forces her to confront the reality that she can no longer run away from her circumstances. The production of the film was notable for being created without traditional industry funding. Instead, the project was financed through crowdfunding efforts and the director's personal savings from a liquidated building loan contract. The film premiered in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of the Berlin International Film Festival. It has a runtime of one hour and sixteen minutes and was released in the United States on December 15, 2017.