Life is All You Get (1997)

Original title

Das Leben ist eine Baustelle.

Directed by

Wolfgang Becker

Genre

drama film, comedy film, romance film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

15+

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 44 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man in Berlin deals with a series of personal setbacks and meets a woman who is also navigating life's chaos. Together they try to find their footing amidst the constant changes around them.

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What happens

Life Is All You Get (German: Das Leben ist eine Baustelle) is a 1997 German comedy film directed by Wolfgang Becker. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. Joe Leydon of Variety praised the film as "an extremely engaging tale of life and love in a city where everything appears to be in a state of flux", and described it as "a smartly written and sharply observed comedy-drama. At its frequent best, pic has a fresh and larky charm that's reminiscent of fondly remembered French New Wave romances." A literal translation of the German title is "Life Is A Construction Site". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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