With a subtle nod to 1984 and Brave New World, Christian Frosch’s psychological thriller continues the European tradition of genre films that internalize their horrors and fears. Hannah is a woman newly detached from a violent husband. She lives on the upper floors of New Town, an apartment block that is a “living machine” in an undetermined time and place. What should be a healthy new start soon falls apart when Hannah learns the previous tenant committed suicide, believes she’s being watched by the building itself, and begins having visions of murdering her husband. Unable to trust either her police detective lover or her new friend ? and perfect complement ? Anna, Hannah loses her sense of self, leading up to a violent conclusion. Fear, control, manipulation and reality blur together in this allegory for 21st society.