Damaskus

Damaskus

On a superficial level, Damaskus is a weird, Bavarian character comedy with a mystical, psychological angle.
A small village in Eastern Bavaria and everything that goes with it - the unusual exception is the place′s woman priest. She has the unusual gift of being able to look into people′s souls.

Terrible things are revealed to her: A farmer has raped his daughter, a minister pulls the wool over his voters′ eyes, a bus-driver only thinks about his work and the bus - they all violate their own souls. The priest feels she has a mission to help. She encourages the sinners to show remorse and self-knowledge, but unintentionally drives them to suicide. A police detective who had been making investigations following the minister′s death, is also getting into a psychological struggle with the woman priest. She has discovered his sore point: he cannot admit to himself that he is in love with a prostitute. When he is also about to take his own life, a strange shaman comes to his aid and saves him body and soul. The way is now free for love: the detective Mollack and the prostitute Anna find common ground.

Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH