Hans-Jochen Wagner

Loveandpoliticswereinseparableinthe80s,especiallyinWestGermany,wherefriends,loversandfamilieswouldchantanti-imperialistslogansinendlessprotestmarches.Politics,however,isthelastthingonthemindsofIngoandNadiaonthiswinterweekendin1983.They’vecometoNadia’smountaincabintodiscuss–ordissolve–theirrelationship.ButbeforeIngocanbegintopourouthissoul,arowdybandofholidaymakerssuddenlyburstsinuponthem–allpoliticallyactivefriendsofNadia’sbrotherKnut.Ingoisirritated,butworseisyettocome:Knuthasapparentlybeenarrested.Asthegroupdebateswhetheritispoliticallycorrecttohavefunundersuchcircumstances,IngofindshimselfdriftingawayfromNadia.Littlebylittle,heissuckedintoacommunitywherepeople’sheartsandmindsarelikestrangerswithoutacommonlanguage...