Heinrich Mayr

14 years after the events that led to a mass exodus of its residents which left the town of Braunschlag deserted, its mayor comes up with a cunning plan - from now on, within the towns borders the year is 1986, a return to times long gone.

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Drawing inspiration from Wald, a 2015 novel by the bestselling author Doris Knecht, as well as her own traumatic experience of witnessing the 2020 Vienna attack, writer-director Elisabeth Scharang retreats to the woods in this atmospheric and soul-stirring film.

14 years after the events that led to a mass exodus of its residents which left the town of Braunschlag deserted, its mayor comes up with a cunning plan - from now on, within the towns borders the year is 1986, a return to times long gone.