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A Coffee in Berlin

2012 · 88 min

A wry, meandering day-in-the-life that drifts between absurd encounters and quiet melancholy, leaving a lingering sense of existential drift.

Directed by
Jan Ole Gerster
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter
Tagline
No job. No girl. No coffee.
Overview
Niko, a twenty-something college dropout, lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes.

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Directed by
Jan Ole Gerster
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • memory
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Jan Ole Gerster
Written by
Jan Ole Gerster
Starring
Tom Schilling, Marc Hosemann, Friederike Kempter, Justus von Dohnányi, Katharina Schüttler, Arnd Klawitter, Martin Brambach, Andreas Schröders
Music
Florian Menzel, Tom Berkmann
Cinematography
Philipp Kirsamer
Runtime
88 min
Country
Germany
Languages
English, German

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