Auf das Leben!

Ruth is a grand lady, sarcastic but very warm-hearted, an elderly woman, who, despite her traumatic childhood, stands with both feet planted firmly in the midst of life. Jonas, meanwhile, is twenty-nine, lives in a minibus after splitting up with his girlfriend, is fighting the first signs of serious illness, has given up his employment training scheme and, fully aware he is heading down a one-way street, seeks distraction from his hopelessness by living a lifestyle best described as "excessive" Despite their great age difference, despite their lifetime experiences that could hardly be more different, and as individual the strokes of fate and misfortune that have taken their toll, their mutual wish to help the other back on his and her feet is so incredibly strong that before long both Ruth and Jonas are not afraid to adopt even the most unusual of measures. L'Chaim! (Berlinale)