While browsing a Berlin flea market, a woman stumbles upon a box of anonymous photo negatives. Drawn in by their shadows and contrasts, she begins a meticulous investigation to uncover their origins. In one image, she notices the silhouette of a woman—and imagines her life under the Nazi regime, shaped by a culture of control, performance, and ideological conformity.
What begins as a historical inquiry quickly becomes personal. The narrator questions her own sense of difference, her past feelings of social alienation, and what drew her to this unknown woman. Are contemporary societies truly free from systems of categorisation and exclusion? Or do they simply impose new forms of normality?
Through a delicate blend of narrative, reflection, and visual meditation, Sandra de Vivies explores how individual identities are shaped—and sometimes erased—by the forces of ideology. A powerful and original work on memory, image, marginality, and the politics of visibility.
