Cloud 9

The story line is one you have heard time and time again. The woman has a stable marriage with a good, if not too exciting man. In this case, his name is Werner, and his hobby is trains. He listens to recordings of trains recreationally. He rides them for a vacation. He is reliable and very safe. The woman, Inge, is not dissatisfied. But when a charismatic man, Karl, who smiles easily and tells her she is beautiful and means it comes into her tailoring business, she is intrigued. More than intrigued, she is aroused, and when she kisses him the first time, it is tentative at first, and in the next minute she is whipping off her clothes and they are having a hasty roll in the hay--or on the floor, in this case. What is different about this trio is their age. Inge is in her late sixties and Karl and Werner are in their 70's. In the movie and in real life. Since when have the Germans done full frontal male nudity? Well, it's here. The lightening is not shimmery, it is harsh and real. And if there are body doubles, they are convincingly age-appropriate.
This is in the vein of 'It's Complicated' in that mature older adults are portrayed as sexual beings--but in 'Cloud 9' the covers are off. And sex feels good, even at seventy. Not that it would take a genius to figure that out, but it is a rare movie that points that out. And while there are the consequences that attend adultery at any age, it is great to see a movie of this caliber and content.