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When a viral video of a student threatening classmates sparks escalating violence, three crushed outcasts take refuge in a nearby forest. Inspired by the 2009 Winnenden school shooting near the director's own school, this raw debut feature explores the deep fears of youth left out in the cold. In the woods, play hardens into ritual and pain becomes an escape, until buried wounds surface and old boundaries shift forever. Blending personal memory with tense fiction, this gripping drama examines the devastating breaking points of young people who struggle to find their place in a harsh world.