An old man (Hans Witschi) is tired of bleak and dreary everyday life. He needs a change in his life to get rid of his loneliness. This inner urge leads him to invent a new language which becomes henceforth the center of his life. But what happens to his loneliness?
Based on a short story by Peter Bichsel of the same title, Christoph Jehle and Joël Kuhn's film version "A table is a table spellbinds and yet moves the viewer with its characteristic monotony." Marc Hayoz, tutor ROJ, 2007