The acting technique of improvisation returns in Hanna Doose’s second feature film, which centres on two former best friends, Laura and Maria, who lost contact when Maria’s great love, Jan, cheated on her with Laura. After years of deliberate noncontact, the two women meet again in the Black Forest to mourn for the death of Kathi, Maria’s sister. Carefully repressed conflicts erupt on Maria’s arrival. Yet when everything seems lost, they try to make amends and give Kathi a dignified send-off.
