An overwhelmed young mother, her hard-working boyfriend and her lonely sister are trapped in their daily routine and social conventions, until one of them breaks out of her role and turns everything upside down.
Acting
Goldammer's thousand-yard stare could stop traffic in Zurich.
Direction
Camaldo frames kitchens like horror sets — the monster is domesticity itself.
Director
Nancy Camaldo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Swiss-German 'Alltagsfilme' (everyday films) examining the polished misery of middle-class existence.
The title translates to 'windless' — meteorological stillness as metaphor for emotional stagnation. Not a single window opens in the film.
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