Heavy Load
At a highway rest stop, a nameless and taciturn truck driver and her dog meet a colleague.In the middle of nowhere, a brief moment of encounter unfolds over the course of an evening.It’s about what was and what will be.The life down the road lies in leaving behind, in handing over, in the painful entrusting of a burden.
- Director
- Tobias Pichler
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At a highway rest stop, a nameless and taciturn truck driver and her dog meet a colleague. In the middle of nowhere, a brief moment of encounter unfolds over the course of an evening. It’s about what was and what will be. The life down the road lies in leaving behind, in handing over, in the painful entrusting of a burden.
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- Release date
- Mar 23, 2023
- Runtime
- 0h 13m
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- Language
- German
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