Aurel Klug in his first feature film

Paul (Jonas Holdenrieder) lives with his little brother Silas(Aurel Klug) and their parents in the nondescript housing estate of a gray provincial town somewhere in Germany. Lonely and aimless, he wanders through the no-man's-land of forests, creeping paths and ruins. The town would be a dreary place if it weren't for an anonymous stone thrower who wreaks havoc at night and causes car accidents.
Paul is interested in strange things: abandoned buildings, whispered private conversations and bags left behind by unsuspecting people. He seems nice and polite - and is otherwise a youth without qualities. In this opacity, he offers his fellow human beings the ideal projection screen for their own desires: like his classmate Dala (Valerie Stoll), who falls in love with the quiet outsider who is always watching her from the darkness of the rows of seats while she plays. Or his extroverted classmate Max (Max Schimmelpfennig), who thinks he has finally found someone in Paul who takes him seriously. But one day the criminal investigation department shows up in Paul's class. A boy who was new to the school has been found dead in the woods, beaten to death with a stone. The further the investigation goes, the darker the clouds become.(Source: Max Ophüls Prize website)

The 42nd Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival - Online from January 17 to 24, 2021 - More information at: https://ffmop.de

Director: Christian Schäfer
Production: Rabiatfilm GmbH
Casting: Dayanir & Hellwig Casting