Hotel Silence

Operated by sister and brother May and Fifi, two young people caring for their aunt's business, Hotel Silence sits amid the rubble of war in an unnamed country. The hotel is newly reopened, and the siblings are happy to have a few guests. Among them is Jonas Ebeneser, "on vacation" from his home in Iceland and traveling light; he packed just one change of clothes and a toolbox. Jonas, divorced and deeply depressed, hopes to step on a landmine or find some other way to end his life far from home, where his daughter cannot find his body. May and Fifi soon discover that Jonas has much-needed handyman skills and set him to repairing broken doors, faulty plumbing, and more. Word spreads quickly, and soon Jonas is fixing things for the remaining townspeople. Jonas's relationships, particularly with May, blossom into genuine friendship, and soon he is not just fixer but "fixed."