Is Wahrer Anfang plot-driven or character-driven?
CharactersPlot
Mostly character-driven: it leans on pathos (9 of 10) and character depth (8 of 10) more than on its plot.
Story
A man in his early 70s recalls the time when his young lover got caught in a firestorm and her hallucinations grew stronger and stronger. The loss of his girlfriend, the trauma of a forbidden and impossible love, the feelings of guilt and the attempt to use language, literature and theatre to find a way out.
Feels like
- Meditative Drama
- Trauma and Memory
- Aging Protagonist
- Literary Adaptation
- Psychological Realism
- Sorrowful Romance
- German Art-House
- Non-Linear Narrative
- Existential Guilt
- Theatrical Metaphor