David is just no longer David. Pia is distraught and at the end of her tether. Her husband deserted from the US army and is severely traumatised from his deployment in Iraq. He cannot get a grip on his insomnia and his fits of rage. He refuses therapy. Instead the pair tries to build a normal life together in Germany and to put the past behind them. But their relationship is put to the test again and again._Juliane A. Ahrens and Simon Weber sensitively delved into the lives of Pia and David, listened and scrutinised. The camera switches gently between individual interviews, scenes of everyday life and general dialogue. A film about life after war.

“They defuse the mines and then you drive over them.” Andreas is silent, his mother is worried. Soon the 26-year-old Lance Corporal from Berchtesgaden’s Mountain Infantry Brigade 232 will have to return to the Hindu Kush. It will be his second deployment to Afghanistan as a driver. He has four weeks of summer to spend at home: going swimming with his girlfriend, meeting with his mates in the local pub, going hiking and spending time with his parents.  But this time is also a wait and, above all, a long goodbye._The camera follows quietly in the footsteps of the protagonist. With poetic images shot on 16mm the directors trace his inner voice. Thus it is not conversations but a visual intimacy that comes to the fore. An authentic portrait set on a mild summer’s night.