All We Ever Wanted

The carefree lifestyle vacation of Désirée, her white lover Elias and her gay boyfriend Sal turns into a self-discovery trip to the desert. Désirée‘s mother has cut them off and gets them thrown out of the vacation home with pool. Just as the stones they find on the island don‘t fit into their containers, the three of them now have to reassess their relationships. Who will sleep in the middle? Who sleeps in the car? And when the wind blows the tent ever deeper into the desert, what remains of their comfortable life? And who is actually kissing whom here? They desire each other, challenge each other, slip into new roles. A game with the overarching triangle of class, race and gender.

"All We Ever Wanted" shows the vacation paradise of Fuerteventura from its blank, deserted side, including economic and libidinal crises. Far from the tourist spots, the barren landscape with its scree fields, roadside scrub, deserted beaches and roaring highways becomes a metaphor for the three friends‘ search for meaning. At its heart is the question of how people recognize themselves: in their own desires or those of their loved ones?

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH