Love attempts to conquer all in this playful and quirky Vienna-set urban love story, a charming debut feature from Austrian writer/director Chris Raiber.
Alexander (Thomas Prenn) grows up in a small house with his loving grandmother (Margarethe Tiesel). In order to avoid his father’s fate, on his tenth birthday, he promises her that he will never fall in love. Every Sunday, Alexander visits his father, who has retreated to live in the Vienna subway system since the death of Alexander’s mother.
As a young adult, Alexander wants to be closer to his father and decides to take a job in a lost-and-found office in the underground. It is here that he meets the beautiful and vivacious Caro (Verena Altenberger) in her cute subway hatter store. Although Alexander has successfully resisted love before, now his self-imposed oath becomes a difficult promise to keep.
So begins a bittersweet journey in which he will change the seasons from summer to winter, and ultimately comes to understand that love is not about winning but taking risks.
OFFICIAL SELECTION – Göteborg Film Festival 2023
"The most beautiful love story from Vienna."
- Kleinezeitung
Tuesday 2nd May
96 min
15+
Verena Altenberger, Thomas Prenn, Margarete Tiesel, Harald Windisch
Chris Raiber
Film Festival
German with English subtitles
Palace Raine Square
