STRANGERS

Chute is an intimate research on resonance, in a world of “passers-by”. And it’s a portrait of soli- tudes; a tribute to the invisible.

Chute draws an alienating sketch of our society, in which words are hard to find and emotions lacking expression. The film is a personal examination of ways of self-expression and Zwischenmenschlich- keit (interpersonal connection).

It is this seeking for in-betweenness, that leads the protagonist to stage the accidents (Chutes). By doing so, she is meeting a very basic human need – to feel in touch, with what surrounds us. In socio- logy, this phenomenon is described as resonance. The encounters she has are intense, yet momen- tary. The only figure occurring more than once is her neighbour, with whom a persistent dialogue becomes imaginable. Which leads us to understand that the protagonist is not actually just longing to be touched, but also to feel connected.

In the framework of these settings, the protagonist functions like a prism. Through her, we feel the in- timate needs and desires of strangers, who have stopped in their tracks as they passed by and be- come imaginable.