Leon doesn't want to go to jail. After years of heroin use, he therefore has to commit to therapy. His father Hans-Joachim doesn't want to die. The artist tries to overcome death through his diaries. For the first time after a long break, Leon visits his father in the Hessian hills. It will be the last time they see each other.
Credits
Director
Lara Milena Brose, Kilian Armando Friedrich
Production
Tobias Bissinger for Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, Max Wallner for Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
Contact
World Sales
HFF Munich
Festival Handling
Max Wallner
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Available versions
30', DCP, color
Spoken languages
German
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