Barbwire is a tragic and ultimately futile love story between a young and newly appointed SS officer and an adolescent Jewish girl in the Nazi work camp Mauthausen; in the foreground of death, destruction, rape and abuse, they find unexpected feelings for each other. A highly controversial look at a topic almost never mentioned, the role of women in concentration camps. Rape, sexual abuse, prostitution and affairs during the days of the ‘final solution’ and how it affected the people involved.
A story worth telling as a testament to the many female victims of the NS regime; but also a daring exploration into the emotional responsibility on the other side of the barbed wire. This would be done with a lot of sensitivity, but brutally honest, without playing favors. The imagery would be a mix of death and beauty, with a lot of grey tones and rough contrast, but emotional blooming.