Piet, who is studying computer science, is as inexperienced sexually as he is intelligent. When he notices that his feelings for Klara, a fellow student, are not really reciprocal, he is deeply hurt. After trying out sleeping pills on himself, he drugs Klara, with unexpected consequences.
Acting
Rohweder's unsettlingly authentic awkwardness.
Direction
De Paoli's refusal to let you look away.
Director
Linus de Paoli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film weaponizes audience sympathy: we're trained to identify with lonely protagonists, then punished for it.
Released pre-Incel discourse peak, it now reads as prophetic—Piet's Reddit-post internal monologue made flesh.
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