Softness of Bodies

A transplanted American living the boho life, Charlotte "Charlie" Parks (Nekrasova) glides through Berlin's streets on her bike, clad in stylish items she steals from mall boutiques. Her larcenous method — using a magnet to desensitize security tags — works until it inevitably doesn't. Faced with the possibility of jail time (her "I'm a victim of late capitalism" defense doesn't fly with the German court), she needs to come up with the euros for a hefty fine. At the same time, she's being considered for a prestigious poetry grant, the prospect of which is more scary than thrilling for her: "I'll be like a real adult."