THE CALL

THE CALL transfers Jean Cocteau's stage play “La Voix humaine” into the present day and poses the question of why we still often derive our self-worth from the success of relationships in a painfully intense way. Clara, on the phone with her ex-partner Ari, struggles with tormenting suicidal fantasies. She knows that it hasn't been about him for a long time. But why can't she find a way out of the crisis? Clara's nightmarish journey leads through images full of dramatic lighting effects, surreal musical passages and moments of bitter humor. Finally, a quiet moment of female solidarity shows the way out: in the bathroom mirror, she meets the protagonist from Cocteau's original and together they achieve what was impossible for 100 years: they hang up.