HILDES REISE
Director: Christof Vorster
Feature film | CH | 2004
90 min | Dolby SRD
38th Hof International Film Festival
2004
Steff’s humdrum life is turned upside down when he is named sole beneficiary in the will of his ex lover, Martin Hilder, known as Hilde. The prospect of coming into a lot of money all of a sudden makes his dream of running a business of his own a distinct possibility. He ignores Martin’s conditional wish for Steff to scatter his ashes in the Atlantic.
Steff wants the money, and so he has no qualms about making a deal with Martin’s mother: for a one-off payment the urn stays in the family vault. Things are looking good as far as Steff’s plans are concerned. But he hasn’t accounted for Rex – a young, aggressive and unpredictable character who’s determined to fulfill Hilde’s last wish …