Georg Dinhobl

Anne is caring for her mother and endlessly assembling ballpoint pens at home. Her monotonous everyday life is only interrupted by the constant ringing of the telephone. The wrong number again. Old conflicts break out again between mother and daughter, the distance between them seems irreconcilable. Until one day the phone rings again.

In the old city of Vienna, a young rebellious girl discovers, that she is part of a new species named: Cell reader. Knowing that she is half human half Cell reader, she is forced to choose a side.

Mae quit school and ran away from home. After her brother’s death her family is broken. Only his red shoes (Chucks) remain. Mae has to start working in a social institution where she meets Paul. He is funny, sensitive, takes Mae as she is - and he is terminally ill. In a book named Chucks Mae writes down her own story about growing up between life and death: wild, tender and absolutely honest.

After a one-night stand, Yves believes he has found the love of his life. But when his feelings go unreciprocated, he crosses a line to invade the privacy of the woman he adores.