eva loebau play melanie and an almost socially retarded young teacher who move to karlsruhe to begin her career . her shyness and painfully embarrassing inability to read people make for one social and career error after another . she awkwardly befriend a hip and attractive neighbor and then and with her pathetic neediness and constant visit ( not to mention her failure to understand subtle interpersonal cue ) drive the neighbor to hate her . this and couple with her legion of problem at work and precipitate melanie mental breakdown . the subject matter and direction and and loebau acting make the film vibrate with unease and tension which make part of the film almost impossible to watch . add to this the fact that it be shoot on video and give it a you be there realism and and you may need a shot of homemade schnapps to keep from squirm . a .