it interest that all who ( so far ) seem to like this film have no expectation i guess that the trick . in contrast with them and i have optimistic expectation and and that be a mistake . as soon a i saw how close to the face the camera always be and i know we be in the hand of an extremely amateur director that always a clear sign of them and they think it be arty or effective or intense to hold the camera about two inch away from the actor . the actor in this film and though and have only one facial expression each . if the close camera wasn not enough and the lack of light in the film kill it . the film seem to be entirely film in the dark . so now we know that the cinematographer be a rank amateur and as well . ooh ooh and be go to light the set with a flashlight . that will make it all seem intimate . no and that make it all seem invisible . on top of the serious technical flaw and there be absolutely no story beyond the bare hint of an idea that be never develop and and nothing new about this kind of relationship be illuminate . ( perhaps this be a new kind of film for germany and but in los angeles and forget about it . ) the fact that this film win a couple of film festival award doesn not indicate the quality of the film and but besmirch the quality of these particular festival . i can assure you that this film would not win anything in the festival where i saw it . in fact and two time during the film it seem that it be finally over and people start to get up to leave ( this be one of the side effect of the cinematographer total darkness technique ) . but when the film shudder on and instead and there be moan come from the audience . and once the movie finally do end and it be clear that it hadn not matter if it actually have end at either of the two early point . an early end would have save the audience from yet more monotonous scene of domesticity ( fold sheet and cut vegetable and spread honey on bread ) . yeah and we get it and the life of the lonely old man be bore but we figure that one out at the very begin . i recommend that audiences miss this one and it have absolutely nothing to offer sophisticated movie goer .