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A small, close-knit village is plagued by a series of mysterious murders and disappearances. Trude is worried about her mentally handicapped son Ben, who is 18-years-old. Every night, Ben takes off and witnesses the village’s “nightly activities”. One of Ben’s peculiarities is that he always brings back small gifts for his mother. Then one night, Ben comes home with a pair of women’s underwear, and shortly thereafter, with a severed finger. In an attempt to prevent her son, Trude gets rid of his “evidence”. However, the village inhabitants become increasingly suspicious of him. When Ben comes home one day covered in blood, even Trude starts to doubt her faith in what Ben is capable of. Is he just imitating the violence he is witness to every night and being used as a scapegoat to cover the identity of the real killer? When Ben’s own beloved sister and her girlfriend disappear one night, everyone is convinced that Ben has something to do with the murders…

Germany - 2002 - 1 h 30 mn - Betacam Digita • 16 mm • - Colour

Director Claudia Prietzel, Peter Henning Script Christoph Busch based on Petra Hammesfahr Camera David Slama Sound Csaba Kulsar Sets Frank Godt Editing Sabine Brose Music Andreas Weiser Cast Suzanne von Borsody, Sven Hoenig, Bernd Tauber, Manfred Zapatka, Markus Hering

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