Illiterate

Author: Sebastian Fitzek

Milan Berg waits patiently at the traffic light. A car stops next to him. In the back seat a terrified girl is holding a note stuck in the window.

AID

THESE ARE NOT MY PARENTS

A cry for help? Milan has no idea. He is illiterate. But his instinct is that the girl is in mortal danger. Fear is painted in her eyes and this is a message she can "read". He decides to follow the car, and so begins a nightmarish wandering that will lead him to a harsh realization: Sometimes the truth is too horrible to bear… Sometimes ignorance is the greatest gift in the world…