Jasna drives a truck across Europe, she chose to do it that way. Milan is hitchhiking south, nothing is keeping him at home anymore. On this Sunday, neither of them can go any further, the truck driving ban keeps them stuck at the rest stop. So they share their stories with each other, for the duration of an evening. And maybe they have more in common than they would like...
Bettina Hoppe
Jasna
Emil von Schönfels
Milan
Jasna drives a truck across Europe, she chose to do it that way. Milan is hitchhiking south, nothing is keeping him at home anymore. On this Sunday, neither of them can go any further, the truck driving ban keeps them stuck at the rest stop. So they share their stories with each other, for the duration of an evening. And maybe they have more in common than they would like...
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