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Original Film Title: Blueprint
Director’s Name: Lina Westphal, Ronja Böhme
Writer’s Name: Lina Westphal
Producer: Flo Ried, Sandra Hoch
Country of Origin: Germany
Country of Filming: Germany
Language: English
Runtime: 16 minutes 14 seconds
Film Description:
Blueprint tells the story of Fred, a young man who, on his way home after a night of heavy partying,
gradually loses control of his perception. What begins as a seemingly real journey home through the urban spaces of Berlin evolves into a hallucinatory sequence of places, encounters, and situations that reflect central aspects of his life: family, relationships, friends, and his professional life.
As the film progresses, familiar structures increasingly dissolve. Familiar spaces become unknown labyrinths, people lose their faces, identities shift. Fred feels constantly watched and pursued; a growing sense of threat and mistrust, coupled with utter helplessness, pervades the entire film. This escalation of fear and paranoia intensifies the inner loss of control and leads to a further shattering of orientation, self-confidence, and one’s own reality.
The title Blueprint stands for the blueprint of a life. The spaces shown in the film represent those fundamental areas of life that provide identity and orientation. In the condensed depiction of their gradual loss, it becomes clear how an existence fades away in the context of addiction (drugs), fear, helplessness, and psychological overload.