“How to ride a unicorn” is the story of a 50 years old woman who realizes that she does not have so much time left to have all the sex she wants to have in her life. Time is running, skin is getting old etc. She went from Europe to the United States – as far as she could – because she loves black Americans. And she simply does not want to die not having experienced her dreams. 

Elli goes on a trip from Europe to Hawaii and back. She is authentic, she is hilarious and she is sad – but comes home satisfied. She tells us what she thinks, the fights she has with herself and society, doubts she has about her body and how she keeps being courageous. She could never accept not finding out how group sex or other sex dreams might be. So, she has to try it. 

She meets groups, women, travels with Tinder, gets her dates via an internetsite, includes friends to support her and does a lot of things she knows already she will not like. She goes to swinger clubs, takes place in a threesome and gets involved in a gangbang. 

It does not matter that she does certain things although she does not like it.  She wants to try it all and she wants to say at the end of her life: I have done it. She is driven by the fact that she can simply not just be like others want her to be or behave. She wants to do whatever she has to do and – she does not hurt anybody. So why not? 

Her past came back to her. She had always liked black Americans but initially had not followed her heart due to society. So, she built up a beautiful life, but not satisfied. It takes her a while to plan that trip and it takes her a time to overcome her doubts and fear. But she does not hold back. And when she comes back telling her friends about the little encounters she had…she is so surprised about the judgements and how people opiniate about her. Positive and negative. But still, it does not hold her back. She has to do what she has to do.