Directing
The lines are busy at the telephone helpline. A life coach records an encouraging video while concerned parents consult a child psychologist. A spectrum of cinematic tableaus shows people trying to counteract the increasing loneliness to create intimacy in a detached society.
Dover, a small harbour town in South East England, 31st of January 2020. A man walks his dog, a truck passes by, Great Britain leaves the EU at 11 pm. A film about the difficulty of noticing political processes while you are busy with your daily life.
The film accompanies professionals who, in the area of tension between pragmatism and empathy, dedicate themselves to the work that has to be done after a death.
