Manuel Rubey & Simon Schwarz - Das Restaurant

Karl-Farkass-Gasse 19

1030 Wien

 

Manuel Rubey and Simon Schwarz are both clumsy. At least. Nevertheless, the two friends think it's a great idea to open a restaurant. Simon has already played a chef in a film, and Manuel enjoys wine. That should be enough for their expertise, they think. The upscale restaurant in the middle of the countryside is supposed to eclipse everything that's come before. But in the light of day, it looks more like a candidate for "shoddy construction."

When the restaurant then burns down, it strongly smells of arson. At least for the village policewoman, who uses the investigation with the acting stars to launch her true crime podcast.

The search for the arsonist leads Manuel Rubey and Simon Schwarz back into the past, into their inner selves, and to crucial questions, such as: Aren't we all little arsonists in some way? In our friendships? At work? In our relationships?

For the policewoman, the case is clear anyway: Rubey did it; he tore the place down warm. Because the murderers may always be the gardeners, but the arsonists are always the Viennese. *

* We have decided not to gender-neutralize the saying.

(Source: globe.wien)