Das Andechser Gefühl

An anxious teacher played as is the lead role in all his films by the director sits in a beer garden on the hill of the Andechs monastery While flies drown in his mug of beer he confronts a life of failure the wife he ignored the child he neglected the teaching duties he has shirked and his doomed efforts at winning tenure from school officials Only a dream from the pastthe memory of a former liaison with a film star with whom he shared the Andechs feeling a feeling that we are not alone provides sustenance Despite an unexpected series of events longing in Achternbuschs world ultimately remains stronger than fulfilment and thirst better than beer