A young woman rides with a regional train to a town called Freiland to visit her mother. Their conversation keeps coming back to her father who 25 years ago went on a hike and never came back. He must have been an exceptional person. His aura can still be sensed everywhere. Sequences made following exact details make the investigation possible, but an investigation about what? Every detail of the forest floor seems of importance. Long takes, with minimal cuts, gave the film a dream-like continuity enhanced by the strong shadows that black and white footage so often exaggerates.