Eating the Silence

Directed by Joël Jent and Ali Al-Fatlawi

With Manfred Liechti, Alireza Bayram and Meret Bodamer

Rolf, a hemiplegic, spends his days dozing on a sofa bed in his dusty apartment. On TV, he learns of a deadly pandemic sweeping around the globe. While the world around him falls apart, he bears witness to it on his screen with relish. When his nurse fails to visit him, Rolf realizes that his survival is anything but certain.