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Holding Still

Name: Holding Still
Director: Florian Riegel
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-01-31
Duration: 27 min

2010 · 0h 27m · Documentary

Watch this tonight if you want a profoundly intimate, quietly powerful look at resilience and human connection. "Holding Still" is exactly the kind of contemplative, character-driven documentary that rewards your attention—a meditative exploration of how we find meaning and presence when our world shrinks to a single room. This one sticks with you.

Plot

Janis was paralysed at the age of 22 and since has spent her time mostly in bed. She looks at the outside world via a surveillance camera connected to her laptop. Through the camera she can keep an eye on everything that would otherwise remain hidden from her - the living room, the kitchen and especially the life outside her front door.

Director: Florian Riegel

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