Und Ruth

The woman at the train station, is it really Ruth, the mysterious friend of a classmate from the boarding school, hardly changed after all these years? Or just a figment of imagination? It would tell an unsettling love story. Suddenly, undeniable memories emerge from a world that had been submerged for decades. A railway bridge becomes visible, a weir, a vigil. Hesitantly, the one remembering feels his way back, recalling: the first day of school, the strict rules of communal living in the boarding school, the cruelty of the boys, but also the silence between them, the rivalries and intrigues, the quirks of the teachers, the first experiences with love and infatuation. Time and again, the memories return to Erich, the vulnerable roommate from back then, who was mocked by the others and - unacknowledged - envied. The act of remembering falters.