Anja Bothe

Two countries,two languages,two groups of friends. Between black humor and bitter realism the film Pencil Knife Baton composes a tragicomic puzzle about friendship in the paradox world we live in.

Et, who has just been fired from his job because he doesn't fit in with the concept, is no longer in the mood. Especially not for life. He spontaneously attempts suicide on a bridge somewhere in Berlin, but just as he struggles to get over the parapet, Carla appears in front of him.