Traman (2018)

"Traman" is a Sanskrit word and means protection or umbrella. Robert "Rob" is a narcissist, in love with himself up to obsession. His umbrella is made up of thousands of selfies, that help him to create another, more attractive, self and an alternative life: A villa by the lake, a Porsche and beautiful women stand in gross contrast to the dreariness of his everyday life, in which one day he meets the nurse of his disabled mother. She, too, flees from reality in her own way. David Hofer's slanted, Austrian drama shows the painful clash between dreams (Austrian: "Traman") and reality, between the "real" and the virtual world, including collateral damage. A film that is funny and brutal at the same time. And that gets stuck. Maybe longer than the viewer would like.