Erbsenzählen

Gertraud Klemm incisively and bitterly, yet humorously, scrutinizes our current state of affairs. She pulls no punches as she mercilessly dissects the various life plans of post-war children to Generation Z from vastly different backgrounds. How can one live freely in a world permeated by rules and norms? This is the question that nearly 30-year-old Annika faces as she distances herself from all professional and personal expectations. She has quit her secure job and leans more towards waitressing than studying, nonchalantly rebelling against the absurd nitpicking. Career, marriage, children, home ownership - these are trivial status symbols for her, which others tally up from liabilities to assets. Time and again, Annika breaks through the barriers of the neoliberal performance-driven and traditional value society.