Rita y Leo son pareja desde hace 25 años, y ella quiere cumplir su anhelado deseo: una vida en el campo. El matrimonio se muda de Berlín a una aldea en Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
En Whisky with Vodka, gracias al cual Andreas Dresen ganó el premio al mejor director en Karlovy Vary, un maduro actor se enfrenta a sus limitaciones durante el rodaje de una comedia. El guión es obra de Wolfgang Kohlhaase, que ya había trabajado con Dresen en 2005 en Verano en Berlín (premio al mejor guión en el Festival de San Sebastián). Como en aquella película, existe una cierta sensación de melancolía detrás de todo lo que pasa. Algunos de los temas que Dresen y Kohlhaase exploran en Whisky with Vodka, como el envejecimiento y la importancia de vivir el momento, ya que puede no volver a presentarse jamás, está en línea con una película con la que Dresen tuvo mucho éxito en Una Cierta Mirada de Cannes, En el séptimo cielo.
Even the military academy can't stop kind-hearted officer Gottfried Engelhardt from seeing the world through rose-colored glasses. Everything in the young GDR is blooming: Engelhardt's career, the socialist state, the black market, and maybe even a chance at love.
Two years ago, cinema poster painter Jonathan had agreed in his divorce to leave the sole custody for his son David to David′s mother Ruth. But at the boy′s ninth birthday, Jonathan all of a sudden returns to their house. In the meantime, Ruth has found a new Partner, Franz, whom David has accepted as his surrogate father. Although everybody tries to solve the new situation with a lot of tolerance, Franz and Jonathan become rivals. But this rivalry comes to an end when David has an accident. Now, the boy is allowed to visit his father Jonathan on the weekend whenever he wants to. But before that, David goes on one last adventure: On a trip to a vacation camp, Jonathan "kidnaps" his son to spend several days hitchhiking alone with his son. Then, he gets him back to the vacation camp.
Ete and Ali are discharged from the army. Since Ete knows that his wife is having an affair, he doesn't want to go home. Ali tries to persuade his friend to stand up for himself and to kick the other man out. But since Ete obviously lacks courage, Ali himself goes into action and gets rid of the rival lover. At first, Mary and Ete seem to reconcile, but repairing their marriage won't work.
