
RafaelresidesonhissouthernSpanishfincawithhisfriends,agroupofbohemianrefuseniks,adventurersandleftoverrevolutionaries.Theyloafaboutinstyleintheidyllicsurroundings,playingaround,drinking,chatting,recitingverse,posingandperforming.Earlyon,Rafael’ssonshowsupwithhisGermanfiancée,whosoonrunsoffwithJulioaftersomefour-handedpianoplaying.Henryisonarelentlessquestfornewbusinessventuresandisprospectingforgoldinasecretmine;Franziskapreferstoignoretheneedtoearnmoney;Lucasreadsbookafterbookabouteconomicsandculture.Andthenthere’sDomingo,whoissupposedtorelieveacertainHerrMüllerofDüsseldorfofthreemillionEuros.<br/> ThisdebutfilmislooselybasedonFranziskazuReventlow’s1916anarchicnovelofthesamenameandisdirectedwithalightnessoftouchandsubtlefeelingforcomedyandtheabsurd.Itisanimpishtaleaboutourbriefappearancesonlife’sstageandourstrugglefortherighttoexistundertheconditionsofthecurrentsystem.Itisabout‘loveormoney’.Andaboutfriendship.berlinale2015