Twenty-four hours with a group of friends on a Friday in October in Berlin’s district of Neukölln. Övünç is suffering from writer’s block, Pascal and Raha split up recently and are trying to stay friends. Kara constantly sublets her flat to keep herself moving. Henner spends the day in a bar and meets a girl by the name of Anja. That evening they celebrate Övünç’s birthday and drift together through the city’s nightlife. The film depicts six young people in their struggle with the daily grind of life in Berlin and the reality of turning thirty.
Acting
Cast improvises with uncomfortable authenticity; no one feels like they're performing.
Cinematography
Neukölln glows with lived-in grime, never tourist-pretty.
Director
Simona Kostova
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Simona Kostova spent three years developing the script with the actual cast, blurring fiction and their real Berlin lives.
Neukölln in 2019 was peak 'poor but sexy' Berlin — gentrification creeping, cheap flats vanishing, the exact pressure these characters feel.
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