The traces of three characters – Maria, Daniel, and Jackpot – can be read as an experimental coming-of-age film.
In the stories, which Wieland tells in his own voice, autobiographical and fictional elements merge into a dense poetic space.
They intertwine past and present, bringing the protagonists into contact with figures from cultural history, such as Freud or Pollock.
The film reveals the interrelations between personality development, familial influence, and societal constraints.
What impact do intergenerational traumas have on the psyche, on desire, on the formation of our identity?