Utopia

A treatise on love and desire tainted by harsh reality of capitalism, in which submission to the laws of lust-as-commerce is played out by five prostitutes and their pimp, who pits them against one another so that they are incapable of standing up to him collectively.

Still Life

A railway crossing guard and his wife live in a routine of total isolation and uneventfulness.

Changeling

A married couple adopts a child. The mother's relashionship with the new family member quickly deteriorates.

Empfänger unbekannt

A woman leaves her husband and starts living with a Turkish man.

Time of Maturity

A young boy learns of his mother's occupation while trying to save money for a bicycle.

Far From Home

Turkish immigrant Husseyin spends his days in hypnotic routine as a “guest worker” in ‘70s West Berlin, living in a small, shared apartment and commuting daily to his job at a factory pressing machine parts. Diligently saving up his wages he hopes to one day marry and buy a house back home, but his immediate future in Berlin is clouded by indignities at the hands of racist coworkers and botched attempts at romantic intimacy. With only his fellow immigrant housemates as patchwork community, Husseyin perseveres with a quiet dignity in the face...