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A surefire crowd-pleaser from start to finish, this madcap German screwball comedy regales the viewer with a picaresque tale of a nerdy physics professor (the delightful Moritz Bleibtrau of Run Lola Run) who gets caught in the net of a flighty young woman, Juli (the equally appealing Christiane Paul). When he meets her one night at a flea market where she sells him a sun pendant, she predicts that he'll marry a woman wearing the same symbol—of course, referring to herself. But everyone's plans go awry when Juli fails to spring her trap. However, fate brings them together (over and over again) when he sets out on a wild transcontinental ride from Hamburg to Istanbul, where he expects to meet his supposed true love under the Bosporus Bridge. Bleibtrau and Paul may not be Grant and Hepburn, but they're loaded with talent and charisma, and they lend a fresh perspective to the romantic comedy genre, complimenting each other perfectly. Filmed on location, In July also functions as a fascinating travelogue of Bavaria, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria along with long stretches of the Danube. Great fun. (German with English subtitles)