Ferdi thinks he's ugly – but likes the fact Jona is interested in him. Maybe because she's blind. What Ferdi doesn't suspect: She's just pretending to be blind to be able to live cheaply in subsidized housing. How long can she maintain her charade? Can love, which is supposed to make you blind, even work out that way? Director Tom Lass takes a closer look, shooting with blind actors and old Berlin buddies, acting the lead himself – paying tribute to a way of life beyond our way of seeing the world.

Blind & Ugly

The caretaker Lana shares a small apartment with her mother who needs care. In order to escape from her difficult everyday life, she observes a young woman in the opposite block of flats through a video camera and builds up an intimate relationship with her in her imagination. When Lana sees her new friend's happiness threatened, she leaves the role of the silent observer and intervenes in the events. Two opposite prefabricated buildings, three women, three generations, a video camera. The Story of an Obsession.