A view at two cities far from each other – Bochum and Detroit – which face huge challenges after the departure of the automobile industry. The industry disappears, what stays are the people. In the end there is a journey into the hearts of the citizens of both cities who, after the end of the industrial age, search for a new identity. What unites them despite all differences, is the desire for a dignified and happy life.
A view at two cities far from each other – Bochum and Detroit – which face huge challenges after the departure of the automobile industry. The industry disappears, what stays are the people. In the end there is a journey into the hearts of the citizens of both cities who, after the end of the industrial age, search for a new identity. What unites them despite all differences, is the desire for a dignified and happy life.
Scenes from the life of an aging homosexual couple - Wilfried Friedrich and Kurt "Kuddel" Schmidt. A relationship-comedy and at the same time, a trip into the German past and provincial life. The two men lead a life full of passion for trivial things, and they lead a pretty good marriage. Their story began before the fall of the Wall: one was a salesman in the west, the other was a waiter at a train station restaurant in East Berlin. The days of employment are long gone and the two men, both in their mid fifties, are confronted daily with the question of the meaning of life. They occupy themselves with various hobbies, like mini-golf, gardening, grilling, and above all, various well-maintained collections. For example, records, video cassettes, decorative plates, model trains, letters, and secret police files. Wilfried and Kuddel open closets to display their unbelievably well-organized collection of things and are themselves overwhelmed by all the memories.
The story of some young people who grew up in a working-class area in Zurich in the late 1950s. The plain living style of their educators is not on their wavelength. They find the occurences in the newly opened Jazz club much more tempting. Down there is what must not be up there: spontaneous lust for life. Jazz electrifies them all. And then there are the girls ...
