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| Tom Schilling | ... | Niko Fischer | |
| Katharina Schüttler | ... | Elli | |
| Justus von Dohnányi | ... | Karl Speckenbach | |
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Andreas Schröders | ... | Psychologe |
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Katharina Hauck | ... | Café-Shop Angestellte |
| Marc Hosemann | ... | Matze | |
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Friederike Kempter | ... | Julika Hoffmann |
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Arnd Klawitter | ... | Phillip Rauch |
| Inga Birkenfeld | ... | Hanna | |
| Ulrich Noethen | ... | Walter Fischer | |
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Leander Modersohn | ... | Jörg Schneider |
| Martin Brambach | ... | Kontrolleur Jörg | |
| Rolf Peter Kahl | ... | Kontrolleur Stefan (as RP Kahl) | |
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Lis Böttner | ... | Frau Baumann |
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Theo Trebs | ... | Marcel |
This tragicomedy is a self-ironic portrait of a young man who drops out of university and ends up wandering the streets of the city he lives: Berlin. The film deals with the desire to participate in life and the difficulty to find one's place. Written by Wouter van der Sluis
A movie describing the life of someone who can't find his place around people, how he feels that people became strangers to him, but actually, it's him becoming a stranger to himself.
The movie isn't much of an entertainment, at least it wasn't for me. Frankly, I was disappointed by the jazzy beginning, which led me to think more about Berlin as a future Woody Allen New York. But there are some scenes in the movie that were so simple to understand, they got me thinking.
The courage of one girl, which was once fat, which led her to stop ignoring what people say to her. Even if that means to put her in danger, she can't leave thoughts unsaid.
But by far, the phrase that struck me deeply, was that "People can't bear the dark anymore". It led me to think about the insecurity people feel these days, and how they're afraid to be alone with themselves.