Serkan Çetinkaya

An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital.

Since rock star John Winter has completely turned his life around and is happy, he has stopped writing hits - much to the chagrin of his manager Grobsch, who is in a real pickle as a result. He therefore instructs his assistant Lou to get John back on track. Lou comes up with all sorts of ideas and seems to be successful. But then John wants to give up music for good.

A chance meeting on a train in the Turkish countryside leads two women to a journey that shows them the importance of setting a path for one's life.

Senta and Thomas are dying to fall in love - just not with one another. Still, when two people - a hopeless romantic and a system analyst - meet, an unexpected amour fou ensues.

Quotas for women, parking spaces for women, online shopping, small talk and gossip. Software developer Erol, porta-potty rep Lars, and commercial pilot Helmut are licking the wounds of their masculinity – a female-free zone is what’s needed! In the boiler room of their recently built housing complex, the three stressed husbands create a secret refuge where they can watch football, eat fast-food, drink beer and curse the opposite sex undisturbed. When Aykut, the complex’s facility manager, discovers their last bastion of masculinity, he threatens to close it down. One thing is for sure, the men are not going to give up their little slice of paradise without a fight. Based on the stage play bearing the same name, director Franziska Meyer Price allows men to return to rebellious ladhood.

Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in life, they form an intense bond and give each other a reason and purpose to live.

Yaşar, Apo, Kovboy Ali, Cevat, and Ertuğrul's only goal in life is to fill their stomachs and never be separated from their greatest passion, wine, even for a single day. These five people, who live day to day, know how to take advantage of the stormy political atmosphere of the time to achieve their goals. These five homeless individuals living on the streets find themselves facing a curfew on the morning of September 12, 1980. However, the only "home" they can go to is the streets themselves. As a result of a series of comedic misunderstandings, they find themselves imprisoned alongside political prisoners in the same jail.

Mithat passionately collects newspapers in his Istanbul flat. The other tenants ridicule him and he lives a lonely life. As the building is to be renovated, Mithat develops a friendship with concierge Ali, another loner, who helps him save his collection. They involuntarily change each other’s fate.