

A mother has designed an unconventional plan to change her son's disturbing obsessions.
Direction
Hambalek's suffocating domestic framing traps you in the room
Acting
Mondschein's unhinged stillness, Steffens' terrifying composure
Director
Frédéric Hambalek
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in single locations with natural light, the film mirrors Olimpia's control over her son's entire perceptual world — you're trapped in her aesthetic too.
Hambalek's background in documentary shines through; the film premiered at Max Ophüls Preis, Germany's top festival for emerging filmmakers with social bite.