Acting
In the heart of a botanical garden in a medieval university town in Germany stands a majestic ginkgo tree. This silent witness has observed over a century the quiet rhythms of transformation across three human lives. At three distinct moments across the 20th and 21st centuries, these people — each carrying their own questions and inner struggles — inevitably find themselves drawn into the presence of this tree, full of mystery and meaning.
Tristan, an aspiring model, has only one true friend—his pug Jürgen. When an unscrupulous agent offers him the chance of fame, Tristan must sacrifice everything to become the perfect, emotionless advertising icon—and in the process loses his humanity.
A writer in a midlife and marital crisis, overwhelmed by his growing children and unable to accept change, meets another woman. A bit half-hearted and unintentionally funny, he tries to do something different.
Moritz Bleibtreu plays the opinionated Berlin service technician Viktor, who has to come to terms with his son Mika. Together, they deliver electrical appliances and get into ludicrous discussions with customers about the big and small questions of life.
A young waiter starts working in a famous artists' cabaret and falls in love with the dancer working there. The more time he spends in the restaurant, the more he realizes that he has fallen in love with a person who he desires, but who does not exist. The longer he observes her world and her, the more he realizes how foreign she is becoming to him. Still, he can't let go and runs after a fixed idea of her.
In Berlin's lively nights, Hassan, a Palestinian Uber driver, carries partygoers across the city's endless streets. When Amir, a young Israeli discovering himself far from home, keeps reappearing in his back seat, their late-night rides grow into an unexpected friendship.
The long-lost bon vivant Mike Bittini learns that his brother has fallen into a coma. He returns to his family, sneaks in like a hawk in the chicken coop and mixes things up properly. The uncle comes to help, brings chaos and finds love.
