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An aimless university dropout attempts to make sense of life as he spends one fateful day wandering the streets of Berlin.

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.—Wouter van der Sluis

Without ambition, unmotivated, and broke, the twenty-something slacker, Niko Fischer, suddenly, finds his carefully disordered life crumbling into pieces. Before he even starts his day, Niko breaks up with his girlfriend; is deemed unfit to drive by a sarcastic psychiatrist--and if that isn't enough--his father cuts his allowance after unearthing an embarrassing secret. Under those circumstances, having a large cup of fresh coffee is of vital importance; however, even this simple task proves filled with disappointment. Where will Niko's endless wandering in the bustling streets of Berlin lead?—Nick Riganas

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. Black and white, tragic and funny, Oh Boy! is a winning debut from director Jan Ole Gerster.