It's the summer of 1980 in East Germany, and Barbara is alone, confined to living and working as a doctor in a small provincial town as punishment for attempting to emigrate to the West. She has only one goal in mind: to escape, and in order to do so, she must wait patiently. Until Andre, her hospital supervisor, throws her off track. Is he motivated by love or by a sense of duty to the authorities? As the tension mounts, the daily pretense and content supervision take their toll.
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It's the summer of 1980 in East Germany, and Barbara is alone, confined to living and working as a doctor in a small provincial town as punishment for attempting to emigrate to the West. She has only one goal in mind: to escape, and in order to do so, she must wait patiently. Until Andre, her hospital supervisor, throws her off track. Is he motivated by love or by a sense of duty to the authorities? As the tension mounts, the daily pretense and content supervision take their toll.
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