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Treatment:
Valentina, a beautiful Uruguayan born artist,
has been treasuring a bottle of magical wine labeled "First Love"
by her grandfather, Alexandre - one of seven bottles made for her
to celebrate each milestone in her life. When after 20 years she is
reunited with her childhood best friend, Alessandra, Valentina decides
to open the "First Love" bottle, and their act of making love is interrupted
by her mother, who then insists that she straighten out her life,
or be forever cut off. Severely traumatized by this ultimatum, Valentina
encounters Valentin, her male alter ego, in her own reflection. Valentin
decides to comply to the mother's ultimatum, by altering her memory, even if that goes against
Valentina's will. By chance, Valentina meets Steiny, she eventually
falls in love and decides to move in with him in his hometown, Berlin.
Steiny proposes marriage to Val, but, while opening one of the bottles
from Val's grandfather's cellar, this one, labeled "First Marriage," Valentina catches Steiny having sex with another man.
This incident prompts a very violent reaction from Valentina, who
suddenly regains her memory and prepares to end her relationship with
Steiny. But she now must face the inevitable dichotomy that has become
her self... the opposite gender struggling for ultimate dominance in
her mind. The situation prompts Valentin, her male alter-ego, to step
in and take over her life in order to keep the relationship together
at all costs, opening then the "First Betrayal" bottle. Steiny, having
faced extreme guilt over his father's suicide over the issue, immediately
recoils in an effort to stay in a straight relationship. However,
that effort is short lived when he is, once again, seduced by his
former lover. Valentin orchestrates a plan he hopes will salvage their
relationship - a baby - despite Valentina's objection. He manages
to seduce a defiant Steiny with another bottle of magic wine, this
one called "First Born" in hopes that it will produce the desired
results...
Things spiral out of control when they learn that Steiny's lover has
transmitted HIV to Steiny. Alcoholism fuels an increasingly growing
depression, and Dissociate Identity Disorder takes them to the point
of self-destruction. Ultimately, it is the power of the "First Miracle"
bottle, Alessandra's true love, and the magic of "The Seventh Bottle" that set her free, and give her the strength to confront her ultimate
obstacle: her mother. |