Overview
Thomas Arslan's second feature film and part of his Berlin trilogy is a slow-paced milieu study of German-Turkish youth in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The film depicts the everyday life, domestic conflicts, dreams, and disappointments of three siblings and their aimless, meandering strolls through the Kreuzberg district.
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