SomewhereinCentralEurope,perhapsinthevicinityofVienna,inthenearfuture.Ten-year-oldElliisanandroid,aswesoonlearn.Shetakesshapethroughprogrammingandthisturnsherintoafantasyfigure.Firstlyforamanshecalls“Daddy”withwhomsheliesbythepoolandforwhomshedressesupinthehouseattheedgeoftheforest.Elliisthevesselforhismemories,whichmeannothingtoher,buteverythingtohim.OnedayherunsafterastrangeechoandgetslostinthedarknesswhileElli,whofollowshim,ispickedupbystrangers.Anewidentityawaitsher,anewghostlyexistence–asablankscreenontowhichotherscanprojecttheirlossoftheparadisethatischildhood.Austria’snewvoiceforthenexusbetweendesireandtheabyss,fearandmystery,feelingandemptinessisSandraWollner.AsinDasunmöglicheBild,inherprovocativesecondfeaturefilmshedevelopstheplotfromacomplexbasicconstellation(nottheotherwayaround)andreconstructsfamiliesthatneverexisted.Andsothemachinebecomesamirrorofhumanemotion,andthefilmacaptivatingladderintovirtualandpsychologicalrealities.
