Standing in the centre of the picture are two poets, Ingeborg Bachmann and
Paul Celan, who came to know each other in post-war Vienna. Their vivid
correspondence illustrates their dramatic and ecstatic but also infinitely sad
love story, creating the subject-matter basis of the film. In a separate story
two young actors, Anja Plaschg and Laurence Rupp, meet in a recording
studio to read the letters and they are blown away by the tumultuous emotions
of fascination and fear that seem to linger in proximity as well as in
distance; however, they also enjoy each other’s company as they get to know
each other while arguing, smoking, discussing their tattoos and favourite
music. Somewhere between the blurred lines of yesterday’s, today’s, and
tomorrow’s love lies the heart of this remarkable film.