Franz and Julia love each other. They have been a couple for two years since he helped her out with some coins for the self-service laundry. From that day on, helping Julia out is Franz’ duty in life. He tries to keep everything bad away from her. But that one night he loses control. On their way home, Franz and Julia get harassed by some random aggressive guys. From now on nothing is as it was. Luckily nothing “bad” happened, their friends say afterwards. But that’s not the truth. For Julia something did happen: Franz didn’t protect her. He is so ashamed about this situation that he refuses to talk about it. Because the only thing he cares about is: “What did this guy whisper in your ear?”

Pablo Kaes: born 1988 in Germany; 2008/2009 social working in Guadalajara/Mexico; 2010 assistant director trainee TV production „Action Concept“ in Cologne/Germany and studies in film directing at Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF; 2013/2014 studies in dirección at „Universidad del Cine“ in Buenos Aires/Argentina; 2016 degree as film director at Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF; 2018 post-graduate scholarship in project development in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil

Filmography (selection): 2011 NICE EVENING, 2013 ROUND MIDNIGHT; VIDA, 2014 TIERRA ARGENTINA, 2015 SOLEDAD, 2016 ANYWAY HOME (all short films), 2018 DEVOTION