The Love Series
How do we love? Solving conflicts is the most fundamental skill in a relationship. How do different couples deal with this challenge, how do they deal with challenges and where does the individual make sacrifices for the partner? The Love Series investigates three unusual relationships and examines their terms.
Directed by Alex Spoerndli
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Episode 1: Cancer
Martin, 38, and Katarina, aged 33, are married and live together in Zurich. Shortly after Martin got diagnosed the first time with a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2012, the two met and immediately fell in love. They resigned from their former to follow their common passion: telling stories. Katarina, originally from Sweden, has lost her close family. While Martin fights against his cancer, she faces the fact, that she might lose the last person in her life at any time. How do you accept the death of someone you love so much? Together they run mysurvivalstory.org, a transmedia project collecting inspiring stories of surviving cancer patients.
Episode 2: Trans
Beatrice, 55, and Sina, 50, live in Berlin. Beatrice recently started her transition. While she works as a director of photography for television and film, Sina pursues her second course of studies for social work. Sina, a few years ahead in the process of the transition, supports Beatrice wherever she can: legal issues, medical information, psychological support. But one thing even she can’t really react to: Beatrice’s impatience with the lengthy nature of a transition which leads to frustration and self-pity.
Episode 3: Polyamory
Anita, 26, and Mario, 29, live together in Bienne. While Anita studies to be a teacher, Mario works as a journalist for a Swiss newspaper. Their relationship started about three years ago. Soon after they got together, they started talking about the concept of polyamory–having multiple equally valued relationships at the same time. As time evolved, they decided to try it. Now that Mario has a second girlfriend, Anita’s even more convinced, that this form of love works for them.