MARUŠA feels lost after a traumatic period of taking care of her terminally ill mother. She seeks refuge at her estranged father’s farm, but neither he nor his new family can give her the support she needs. Her only comforts are Billie, her late mother’s man-hating dachshund, and ALJA, a young nurse she met online. Alja is an awkward expat who lives and works in a small German beach town and posts humorous videos about her loneliness and her undiagnosed illness. Bonding over their shared struggles and a sense of humor, Maruša and Alja quickly develop a friendship. After hitting a dead end at home, Maruša decides to travel to Germany to spend New Year's Eve with her new friend. When they finally meet in person, the complexities of their lives—including Alja’s health issues and personal dilemmas—put their fragile friendship to test.
I wanted to make a film about loneliness and friendship – I feel that despite being hyper-connected, we’re lonelier than ever before. The so-called BFF, often glorified as the most important personal relationship to young women, is hard to find and hard to keep in the era of individuality and alienation.
The contrast between feeling like a stranger everywhere, and the longing for attention, connection and deep friendships - like the ones we usually see in films featuring young women - is very interesting to me, and I tried to treat it with honesty, tenderness and humour.
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