MATTHIAS (16) accidentally travels to the Czech Republic: a deserted train station, a dreary restaurant and IVA (25) - trying to escape from her boyfriend.
The film is the story of their journey and how they experience a transition both geographical and emotional. A road movie and almost a love story...
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MATTHIAS (16) prefers to
spend his time in the bathtub, apart from that - he's bored to
death. Same
thing at his brother's wedding party... When his father starts talking
rubbish, he runs away. By some strange and unfortunate coincidence he ends
up in a small deserted train station - in a foreign country... In the dreary
station restaurant Matthias gets involved in a fight: the beautiful waitress IVA (25) is fed up with her
boyfriend. On the spur of the moment she decides
to take Matthias with her to Berlin. She carries him - literally - away: in
a stolen car and with deafening music - 'her' music. Soon it turns out that
the quiet and shy Matthias is not much good to Iva. He sticks
hard on her
heels, for he's quite clumsy and awkward by himself, but they are not really
getting any nearer to Berlin. Matthias is nabbed by a conductor when hiding
underneath the seats of a train and is thrown out... Terminus! He betrays Iva to the conductor, just
to be able to travel on with her - without
success! Iva doesn't want to have anything to do with him anymore as she
suspects he has fallen in love with her. Iva wants to travel
on by herself.
Matthias is disappointed and gives up. He calls his father to come and pick
him up at the train station. Iva is also there, waiting for a lift. It's
raining cats and dogs and the only car around is the one belonging to
Matthias' father. This is how it happens: father, son and the strange girl
in the same car. Matthias is dying of embarrassment, especially because his
dad starts showing him up.
Iva sides surprisingly with Matthias and eventually is thrown out at the
next gas station. To go back home or travel on? Matthias chooses the
adventure and hitchhikes on with Iva. Shortly after that, Matthias defends
himself for the first time: he strikes back impetuously at the mean
insinuations from two party chicks. Iva is baffled. Even though they both
get kicked out of the car again, Iva is highly amused by the boy.
Their mutual approaches are suddenly interrupted as Iva's boyfriend turns up
and wants to take her back. Matthias runs to help Iva and unfortunately
knocks her boyfriend down. They run away again... Iva seems more and more
exhausted and breaks down in despair. Whereas Matthias gets more and more
self-confident, it becomes clear that Iva's spontaneous nature is there only
to protect herself from her own aimlessness. She has long since finished
with the dream of Berlin.
At a flooded gravel pit they eventually become closer. It's raining, and in
a shelter, some kind of innocent but unsuccessful love play begins. The next
morning Iva is gone. Forever. Where she lay - a farewell gift: her music
tape. Matthias returns to Berlin, exhausted and dejected, but full of new
experiences, and with 'her' music...