She becomes obsessed with her mysterious savior and tracks him down. He wants nothing to do with her because of past romantic injuries and because he's in the midst of planning an intricate bank robbery. Her obsession leads to her involvement (it wouldn't be a movie otherwise) Potente's character doesn't evolve so much as she is revealed – introduced as the picture of calm maternal responsibility, but gradually shown to a less than perfect psychiatric nurse (performing petty sexual services for favorite patients, leading to predictable disruptions), and perhaps quite mad herself. The brightly lit modern asylum and clean small-town perfection of the nearby town give PRINCESS a surreal "trapped in amber" feel.