Marion Täschler

The bourgeoisie is having a celebration in a round room where eating, sipping, and dancing is followed by dancing, sipping and eating. This could go round and round forever.

A collage of five people from different cultures living in Switzerland. They reflect on life by looking at their origins. The liveliness and diversity of life can be divined.

Two strange birds get to know each other over dinner. The owl, a perfect hostess, serves one course after the other. The oystercatcher is in for a long evening filled with awkward moments and unbearable silence.

In his constant search for closeness, C experiences emotions in all their highs and lows. Even if a familiar phase of togetherness is followed by a rejection of the other person and, accordingly, a sad loneliness, C does not give up. Again and again, new ways are found to find the longed-for closeness and tenderness. And to lose.

At the 1999 International Vegetarian Congress in Widnau, a small village in eastern Switzerland, a mysterious case of food poisoning occurs. When the animators Marion and Noah come across the story, they decide to make a animated documentary about the case. But what can be found out about the truth twenty years later?