International students at film school in Berlin (and possibly London) live, love and learn. Much of the runtime is filled with student films, and the overall feeling is of a draft dissertation, as if rather than a coherent story we are seeing a rough cut prior to editing.
The story revolves around a Japanese student with visa and cash flow difficulties, but none of the characters are particularly likeable so I found it hard to invest in them. The story opens with a perfunctory sex act offscreen, followed by a relationship breakdown, then has a disjointed, episodic trajectory until a second, more relatable sexual encounter signals a change in direction for two characters and an eventual (vaguely) happy ending.
It is not difficult to watch, but occasionally feels like background music - surely something more interesting is happening somewhere in this multinational group?
The story revolves around a Japanese student with visa and cash flow difficulties, but none of the characters are particularly likeable so I found it hard to invest in them. The story opens with a perfunctory sex act offscreen, followed by a relationship breakdown, then has a disjointed, episodic trajectory until a second, more relatable sexual encounter signals a change in direction for two characters and an eventual (vaguely) happy ending.
It is not difficult to watch, but occasionally feels like background music - surely something more interesting is happening somewhere in this multinational group?
