All possible sources of conflict, which would have given the story something Draught and claim to be simply stored and never revived.
The performance of all actors is flawed! The main character works in every single scene as if he were drugged with Valium! Life flows basically uneventful past him and everyone else.
I love movies and silent movies can leave deep impression, such as "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas", but this movie is just quietly, almost silently, and leaves me with only the impression of having wasted more than two and a half hours!