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2025, Germany

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Charly Knobling, a management consultant in his 60s, has built his life around efficiency. Born ‘Karl-Heinz,’ he reinvented himself as ‘Charly,’ crafting a persona defined by a single principle: never be vulnerable again. Using archive footage, the film explores how Charly’s life choices strained his closest relationships and made him immune to criticism. A strangely relatable story about autonomy, identity, and the price of control.

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