The path to yourself is no walk in the park
Valerie is a single mother, a young widow, and a master of self-diagnosis via Instagram. A year after her husband Tobi’s fatal car accident, Valerie lives her life through a screen, hiding behind labels like ADHD and PTSD to numb the pain of a neglected childhood and the exhaustion of raising her "strong-willed" five-year-old son, Lio. When a missed bus forces her to walk the long distance to Lio’s kindergarten on foot, an unplanned hike through the Bavarian countryside turns into a grueling journey of survival. Under a merciless summer sun, Valerie’s smartphone is her only shield—a digital anchor to her best friend Carina and a rabbit hole of endless scrolling. Confronted by eccentric strangers and the physical limits of her own body, Valerie's digital world literally begins to shatter.
On the first anniversary of Tobi's death, she has to face questions she has been avoiding: Why did her husband really die? Can she be a good mother without having experienced love from her own parents? And is life perhaps more than just a collection of symptoms?
