Sweat and tears are also just salt and water

The old woman has worked hard all her life, mostly unpaid and always unappreciated. Now the granddaughter, no longer quite young herself, thinks that grandma has earned a retirement where she can be looked after and pampered. But as is usual in our capitalist logic, she won’t do it herself, but will hire an Eastern European carer to do it for her. Why, she asks, is there a wage gap?

The shadows of the past come face to face with the young, silent Eastern European carer, who only raises her voice with her songs, which deal with the longing for freedom and self-determination. Christine Teichmann’s text puts her finger in the open wounds of our social and societal system and is based on research and interviews conducted in the Salzkammergut with those affected.