Because the German state has failed, a large number of people are living in the forest, outside of society.

In a dystopian post-pandemic reality, only a crowd of gender-bending characters survive. The mysterious virus ‚Exit 884’ has decimated the human population, sparing only the lives of homosexual men, for reasons unknown to science. A grotesque funeral of the last female on earth reveals the true nature of modern society and starts a new era.

Yak, a troubled pop musician, receives shocking news. His father, who’d rushed back to his home country of Syria decades ago, and whom Yak had nearly forgotten about, is in a coma in a Cologne hospital. There’s another surprise: Yak has a 15-year-old half-sister named Latifa, who speaks only Arabic. Circumstances compel him to travel across Germany with her.

Rita and Paul are struggling with the expectations they place on each other in their relationship. One night in their bedroom both try to play their parts, but end up grappling with power imbalance and miscommunication. Pressure Area studies the unspoken rules of heterosexual relationships and how they invade the most intimate spaces.

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