The story of this film is about going from being dead inside to alive. John, we learn, has allowed Father's resistance to incinerate his wife while he watched and John is a man who is willing to kill his own partner. Which he does when he executes Partridge. But soon John finds himself in a position where his Prozium does has broken and when he attempts to get another the factory is closed. From here he begins to feel life as it is meant to be experienced. He gets a taste of feeling and being in tune with his emotions. It has such an effect on him that he wants to see how far he can go before anyone notices.
Wimmer's film is about our feelings being overtaken by a fascist regime, but the parallels to our world in such a way in order to speak of the many ways that we, in our civilization choose to numb our feelings. Whether by drugs granted to us by a capitalistic society or of our own choosing. Or, by allowing the ideas of a few powerful people to infiltrate so deeply that we are willing to give up our ability to think and feel for ourselves and thus give up our rights to justice and freedom. This film's heart is about us, as a society choosing to feel. To be human and to never succumb to the corruption that can infiltrate the high places of leadership in our society.
