Lichter

To some it's the end of the world. To others, the getaway to a new life: the river Oder between Poland and Germany. It's a place where Ukrainian refugees bargain for entry to the "golden West". Where an interpreter risks her career and freedom to help an illegal refugee. At this crossroads men and women struggle to maintain their dignity and their values as they are stripped to the raw core of their existence. Director Hans-Christian Schmid captures, with tender realism and humanity, the lives of people seeking their footing in a world of moral ambiguity.