Niko is having a tough morning. He's broken up with his girIfriend, been cut off from his monthIy aIlowance, and was just decIared "emotionaIly unstable" by a court-appointed psychoIogist. lt onIy he could find a decent cup of coffee. Painting an eventfuI day-in-the-life of a twenty-something Iaw schooI dropout, A Coffee In BerIin foIIows Niko as he drifts through a series of absurd, funny and, ultimateIy, Iife-changing encounters with the people and city around him. Photographed in timeIess bIack and white and enriched by a snappy jazz soundtrack, Jan Ole Gerster's vibrant and charming debut, which swept the German Film Awards, is a sIacker comedy with a poignant center, and a love-Ietter to the city of Berlin and Generation Y. |