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'' and '. An exploration of the way women's public behavior is more heavily scrutinized than men's, the film stars

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as an unnamed woman who travels to Berlin with plans to do nothing but drink

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until she passes out, as a Greek chorus of commentators (Magdalena Montezuma as "Social Question", Orpha Termin as "Accurate Statistics" and Monika von Cube as "Common Sense") spout facts, questions and moral judgements about her actions.Angela Waters
"Ulrike Ottinger’s 1979 film “Ticket of No Return” is a manifesto about drinking alone in Berlin as a woman"
''Sleek'', February 24, 2020. Over the course of the drinking spree, she also develops a quasi-romantic relationship with another unnamed woman (Lutze), and drinks in a variety of venues including a

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bar where a woman invites her to dance. The film's cast also includes Kurt Raab,

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, Günter Meisner, Eddie Constantine, Wolf Vostell, Martin Kippenberger and Nina Hagen in supporting roles. In 2020, the film was selected for screening in the online We Are One: A Global Film Festival.David Morgan
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, May 28, 2020.

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* 1979 films 1979 drama films 1979 LGBT-related films West German films German drama films German LGBT-related films LGBT-related drama films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Ulrike Ottinger Films set in Berlin Films about alcoholism 1970s German films {{1970s-Germany-film-stub