The Dreamed ones

The correspondence between Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan forms the textual basis of this hybrid of feature film and documentary. Two young actors, Anja Plaschg and Laurence Rupp, meet in a recording studio to read from it. The feelings of intoxication and fear of loss, delight and fright, closeness and strangeness pass over to the actors. But they also have fun, argue, smoke, talk about tattoos and music. Whether love then or love now, whether staging or documentary: where the levels blur, the heart of the film beats.