The film tells the story of a slowly developing intimacy between two shy people. We follow their mutual evasions, and how they draw closer only to draw back again. Each are faced with the other's unexpected behavior and curious quirks, which at the same time keeps them from being together while strengthening their mutual attraction.

Falco, who is unemployed, in his mid-thirties and listless, has one sole passion: riding the underground and listening in on the conversations around him. Instead of reaching out to other people, he stubbornly keeps his distance, preferring to stay on the outside, low-key and lonely.

This all ends when he meets Anja. At first sight she could not be more different: direct, quick and moody, her ambition is to become a photographer. With wild ruses and dogged persistency, she attempts to draw Falco out of his lethargy. However it soon becomes clear that in spite of her vitality, she is just as wary and isolated as Falco.

And when he finally opens up to her, she is faced with a choice: to pursue her relationship with Falco, or to make her ambition become reality.

filmmaker: Eike Swoboda

Studied Visual Communication/Media, with a focus on film, at the HfbK Hamburg. Since 2001, has filmed mainly music videos for station 17 and collaborated with Felix Engel in a number of film projects.
2002: Second camera operator for Manfred Bannenberg's documentary film on the "Four Seasons" play performed by the Theater! theatre group under the direction of Adelheid Müther.
2003: Music video for "aus heiterem Himmel" by Barbara Morgenstern. Documentary film work for various theatrical productions and worked as a freelance editor in diverse productions.
2005/2006: Director for film and theatre with Felix Engel on the play "Kongress der Planetenvereinigung".

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