- HD 1080
- Runtime: 88m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: de
- Country: Germany
- Director: Thomas Durchschlag
- Stars: Lavinia Wilson, Maximilian Brückner, Richy Müller, Victoria Mayer, Tobias van Dieken
- keywords: new love, ruhr, zoo, psychological stress, one-night stand, borderline personality disorder, extramarital affair
- Production_studio: ARD
- The Alone is featured in the top rankings of 2004
- #56 in Top Romance Movies of 2004
Maria is a student at the university of Essen, Germany, living and working in a gray, unpleasant, and anonymous environment. While she has little problem finding someone for a one night stand, she rebuffs her lovers in such a rude way that they actually don't know what's going on. But what seems to be a negative attitude at first glance is in fact much worse: Maria is suffering from borderline syndrome, a serious psychotic disease that makes her fail to develop a continuous, reliable personality, from her own perspective as well as from the perspective of those she meets. Then one day, she bumps into Jan, a student who falls in love with her without delay. He's awaiting a hard time when he has to learn how hard it is to stay loyal and faithful to a person who, in her own words, "has a different world inside of her head" and who feels that "there is something inside of me that eats me up."