"Maria, who is in her late 30s, lives with her husband and bedridden father in a cramped hovel of an apartment. Except for her fascination with insects, her entire world revolves around housework and making her husband happy. She has little contact with the outside world, except for secretly spying on her neighbor. Her world changes when the telephone rings and it's Dieter, the neighbor."
"Marias (Nina Petri) Leben ist grau und freudlos. Ihr Mann Heinz (Peter Franke) ist ein tyrannischer und gefühlloser Pünklichkeitsfanatiker, und ihr Vater (Josef Bierbichler) ist bettlägerig und boshaft. Sonst kennt Maria keinen. So lebt sie vor sich hin, sorgt für Ordnung und sammelt Insekten. Doch eines Tages passiert ein Wunder - sie verliebt sich in ihren Nachbarn (Joachim Krol). Das ist zwar wunderbar, aber auch schwierig. Maria versucht, sich aus ihrem alptraumhaften Alltag zu befreien."
"This dark psychological thriller draws us slowly but surely into Maria's strange world. Tension mounts as she is buffeted by interactions with her abusive husband, demanding father, and meek paramour. This housewife, who initially appears outwardly unassuming and unremarkable, is shown to possess an inner landscape of the mind which is twisted and scarred. Techniques of German Expressionist cinema gradually give us insight into her psyche. Why does she write letter after letter to herself, stashing them in a living room cabinet? Secret after secret is gradually revealed, until the chilling and disturbing conclusion."
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