Zeitalter ohne Bedürfnisse

Silvia finds a child, names him Darko, and keeps him alive. In the nameless city at an indeterminate time, this is a special challenge: Persistent storms force people underground, there is no state or economic order, and there are hardly any children. People repair what they have, and after a certain age, they no longer need to eat – once balanced, food intake ceases. What do these conditions mean for coexistence? How do people, with their inevitable tendency towards destruction as well as goodness, shape their existence under such circumstances? Erwin Uhrmann confronts this setting and, in his unique style that is both sober and deeply affecting, crafts a dystopia, no: a utopia, no: an alternative world history around Silvia, Darko, Ethel, Sofia, Rox, and the question of the meaning of it all.