Lea is completely absorbed in her work. As a dedicated geriatric nurse, she looks after the residents of a dementia ward with love and lots of imagination. She is firmly convinced that lost memories can be brought back through role-play. Since there isn’t really any time dedicated to that, she has to steal time when she can. Her new colleague Samir is particularly critical of Lea’s approach. When Hedda – who is unusually young but suffers from severe dementia – moves in, Lea begins to increasingly overstep the boundaries of her job. Imperceptibly, Hedda awakens memories of Lea's own mother within her. Samir and the boss Sara watch with concern as Lea delves ever deeper into worlds of her own making and risks losing herself in her attempts to help others. With great warmth and humour, Friedrich Tiedtke portrays a woman walking a fine line between caring and self-loss, shedding light on how we deal with dementia and the challenges of caregiving.
Lea is completely absorbed in her work. As a dedicated geriatric nurse, she looks after the residents of a dementia ward with love and lots of imagination. She is firmly convinced that lost memories can be brought back through role-play. Since there isn’t really any time dedicated to that, she has to steal time when she can. Her new colleague Samir is particularly critical of Lea’s approach. When Hedda – who is unusually young but suffers from severe dementia – moves in, Lea begins to increasingly overstep the boundaries of her job. Imperceptibly, Hedda awakens memories of Lea's own mother within her. Samir and the boss Sara watch with concern as Lea delves ever deeper into worlds of her own making and risks losing herself in her attempts to help others. With great warmth and humour, Friedrich Tiedtke portrays a woman walking a fine line between caring and self-loss, shedding light on how we deal with dementia and the challenges of caregiving.