She's drowning in cassette tapes and guilt. The houseboat isn't haunted—she is.
Suffocating memories dominate the mind of a young woman living alone on a houseboat. Ruled by her own fantasies, she lingers to the sound of old cassette tapes and smoldering cigarettes, while visions drive her deeper into the trauma and guilt that threaten to burn her.
Cinematography
The houseboat becomes a claustrophobic skull. Every frame sweats.
Sound
Cassette warble as psychological weapon. Diegetic sound design genius.
Acting
Waldmann's face does what the script refuses to explain.
Director
Luke Röber
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Röber shot this in his actual family houseboat over one weekend with zero budget, using found cassette tapes from flea markets for the soundscape.
The title references Buddhist meditation practice—ironic given the protagonist's complete inability to escape her own mind. The film quietly belongs to a wave of Austrian queer horror examining inherited trauma through domestic spaces.
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