Two strangers, two comas, one waiting room—grief has never been this intimate.
Axel and Karla are an ill-matched couple in a borderline situation. The two meet in the hospital. Axel is keeping watch at his son′s bedside and Karla is waiting for some sign of life from her sister. None of the doctors can tell them whether the young couple will come out of their comas after their serious accident. As the weeks of uncertainty, fear and tedium pass by, a peculiar relationship develops between Axel and Karla, sustaining both of them.
Acting
Tonke and Müller's wordless chemistry in fluorescent-lit purgatory.
Direction
Klier traps you in hospital limbo—no escape, no answers.
Director
Michael Klier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Michael Klier's final feature before his death in 2016; he was primarily known as a documentary filmmaker, which explains the clinical, observational eye.
The German title 'Farland' evokes 'Fernweh'—the ache for distant places—ironically naming a film where no one can leave.
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