Acting
An 80-year-old woman spends her time at a bus station. She’s waiting for the right moment to leave this place forever.
In unspectacular everyday scenes we observe three groups, their dynamics and moods over the course of a day.
Exorcism in Switzerland in the 21st Century? Two film students are planning to shoot a documentary about a retired priest who practices exorcisms. After going one step too far, the students at the point of no return.
Richard Wagner is working on his new opera "Tristan and Isolde". Mathilde Wesendonck and her husband, the silk-merchant Otto Wesendonck venerate Wagner. Mathilde is turning from a loving mother into a muse of the new music.
In a single humiliating day, Silvia is fired from her job despite being a few years away from retirement, a policeman fines her during a traffic check, and the director of the church choir takes away her solo part. During the Ave Maria rehearsal, Silvia decides to endure in an act of silent resistance.
City people set off into a warm late summer night. Glances meet in a library. At a workout, two men discuss where to buy love. A couple kisses intimately. She bites him. No sooner has he bought a match than a better offer calls. Doubts arise. A couple explains themselves in therapy. At breakfast, his match chews her egg so loud that he freezes in disgust. The electrifying looks in the library lose their power. Full of hope they wander into the unknown. Only the dance makes them temporarily forget who they are and what will happen.
Anna is shocked by Sara's age, as they meet for the first time. All the same, they build up their tent in the livingroom and follow the instructions of the forum's list step by step. Although neither of them is able to hide their doubts, they're depending on each other. The task ahead isn't bearable alone.
