So Ist Es Eben

In a village with relentless foehn winds, centered around a local tradition of communal cooking of chard and lamb, the villagers position themselves, withholding essential truths from one another, affirming their identities, and guarding against the new, more or less successfully. Only one is completely indifferent: a pervasive crosswind. Exposed together to the hardships and beauty of this weather phenomenon, shifts occur in the village's family dynamics, leading to friction, reorganization, and an explosion. "That's just how it is" tells of the power of nature and of Gianna, who resists. It speaks of how everything is interconnected, from the direction the tips of shoes point beyond the wind to the crookedly hanging copper engravings in the wedding room. It captures the hesitation and the buildup just before life changes direction.