fear.less | Johanna Richter

Influenced by the experience of prescribed isolation, and the fundamental uncertainty of what human closeness can mean in times of a pandemic, Johanna Richter tells in fear.less beyond words, with a lot of humor and empathy, the story of six characters who, after a time in solitude, want to find their way back to a shared normality. All of them bring with them the psycho-physical traces of isolation that overwhelm them, and make them helpless to meet each other now in a confined space. They experience an emotional world of fear, insecurity, longing and the utopia of being able to meet again without restrictions. At the same time, the need for closeness reveals an elementary human need that is timeless and extends far beyond the aftermath of the pandemic. On April 21 and 22 at the schwere reiter