But the power of social media, with its high-gloss selfies and perpetual pressure towards cooler and sexier, increasingly forces the kids to deny their true feelings.
In a scene of disturbing sexual content, the couple are having sex unaware of the fact that captain Gerd Wiesler is listening to everything in their bugged apartment.
This mood hangs over so much of their filmmaking, that when exploring noted moments within this history, it is impossible to ignore the heavy weights that exist here.