A man survives 18 days frozen in time—literally. The thaw reveals something far worse than memory loss.
Riedau, an idyllic wine-producing village on the Hungarian frontier with Austria. Young Sandor is brought to the local police station by border guards during New Years' celebrations. Next morning he has disappeared without a trace. When Sandor is finally discovered by chance in the stations detention cell he has survived for 18 days, suffering a loss of memory.
Acting
Erwin Leder's wordless physicality as the broken Sandor.
Cinematography
Bleached, wintry palette that suffocates more than snow ever could.
Direction
Mittermayr's refusal to explain—horror through omission.
Director
Berthold Mittermayr
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