Desperados On The Block (2009)
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Tristan Seith, Patricia Moga, Andreas Heindel, Lizhe Liu
Three students in Germany face romantic, personal, and spiritual dilemmas as each tries to find a way forward.
The story
Three students meet in a student residence in Germany. Motek, a deaf Latvian student, has fallen for the woman in charge of the library and hopes to win her over without speaking; he asks her in a note to spend a day together in silence, and she accepts. Sin Xuah, a reserved student from Shanghai who has been studying in Germany for a year, supports himself by tutoring mathematics. His first student, Hanna, unsettles him as she explores her sexuality. Clara, a Romanian student of Catholic theology, feels abandoned by God after no longer receiving answers when she prays, and resolves to break all ten commandments in an effort to be heard again.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Three students meet in the elevator of a student residence. Motek, a deaf Latvian student, has fallen in love with the woman in charge of the library and wants to win her over without speaking. He writes her a note asking her to spend a day with him without speaking. To his surprise, she agrees. The reserved Sin Xuah, from Shanghai, has been studying in Germany for a year. To pay for it, he tutors students in mathematics. His first student, Hanna, throws him off balance. She takes advantage of his uncertainty as her sexuality begins to awaken. The devout Romanian student Clara studies Catholic theology. She lives only for God and wants nothing else. Since she used to receive an answer when she spoke to Him, but no longer does, she decides to break all ten commandments so that He will hear her again. She tells the student Dominik about her plan, and a scandal ensues. She has to decide whether another person’s trust or God’s attention matters more to her.
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