The stroke, of course, destroyed more than just cerebral pathways; with it went all personal and social securities. We soon realise it's not just Boris' life that hangs by a thin thread. While he becomes a child, Katarina discovers herself in the role of a mother. With candid honesty the filmmaker shares with us her ongoing battle for money and cures, her changing relationship with Boris and her self-doubt.

Interwoven with highly personal dream sequences, Peters raises major questions about love and hate, life and death, responsibility and guilt. "How can I go out and lead an active life when he, so isolated and rigid, battles with the most banal questions of existence? What if it's true, as the doctors say, that the condition could be permanent? And what if depression makes us crumble into speechlessness?" The chronicle of a recovery.

Official Website: www.stroke-info.de

Festivals:
Leipzig (4 Awards), Max Ophüls (DEFA Award), Achtung Berlin (New Berlin Film Award), HotDocs, Dokfest