In hip Berlin neighbourhood Neukölln, we experience 24 hours in the lives of a group in their late twenties. While writer Övünç struggles with a
feeling of emptiness, former lovers Pascal and Raha try to let go of their
relationship. Kara, Henner and Anja are also facing problems within their group
of friends. In the evening, they celebrate Övünç’s birthday, then wander the
streets, into the night.
In impressionistic scenes, the friends leave the confines of their constrictingly
filmed minimalist apartments for Berlin’s bustling nightlife, presented as
full of movement. This series of colourful vignettes simultaneously exudes
loneliness and attachment, and in so doing Dreissig captures the mood of young urbanites on the verge of a quarter-life crisis. The friends are
in the midst of life, but feel their sell-by dates fast approaching. “It’ll all
be alright”, Anja says when Kara, following a tantrum, collapses weeping into her
arms. Maybe it will – but when?
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Film details
- Country of production
- Germany
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 120"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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