Cristina do Rego

Down-and-out musician Bastian battles the blues as he returns home for Christmas and encounters a series of not-so-cheery surprises.

Based on a real-life experiment that took place in a Californian high school, The Wave tells the story of a high school teacher's unusual class experiment. In an attempt to demonstrate what life is like under a dictatorship, the teacher comes up with an experiment to explain to his students how totalitarian governments work. A role-playing game with tragic results. Within a few days, what began with harmless notions like discipline and community builds into a real movement: The Wave. As the students' boundaries are pushed, things begin to spiral out of control and this newly found cult starts to take on a life of its own.

Arthur Ahnepol's bleak existence is forever changed when he falls in love with a sex worker on his 50th birthday.