Longing

A man and a woman live in a village near Berlin.The city seems far away.They have loved each other since they were children.They are now in their thirties. Markus is a metal worker and a member of the local fire brigade. Ella works a couple of hours a week as a domestic and sings in the local choir. People eye them with a mixture of astonishment and suspicion: they seem so happy,so innocent,and sometimes as clueless as two children. Markus visits a neaby town to attend a training course with his fire brigade. That night there is a lot of drinking, laughing and dancing.The next morning Markus wakes up in the apartment of the waitress Rose. He can’t recall much of what happened. When he tries to find out, it is the beginning of a love that is different from the one he knows – yet does not seem to affect the love for his wife.