Drifter
Verzio FF The ordinary life of three young homeless people who live by Berlin’s Bahnhof Zoo station. Aileen (16), Angel (23) and Daniel (25) escaped from the remnants of their families and the confines of their small towns to the anonymity of the metropolis. They work as prostitutes to support their...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | German |
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Boekamp, Nils
2007
Germany |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:fd9e484d-a1f2-491b-ac98-643b75b404b3 |
| Summary: | Verzio FF
The ordinary life of three young homeless people who live by Berlin’s Bahnhof Zoo station. Aileen (16), Angel (23) and Daniel (25) escaped from the remnants of their families and the confines of their small towns to the anonymity of the metropolis. They work as prostitutes to support their drug addiction. At night, they find shelter in halfway houses, in the homes of acquaintances or with regular clients. They have hopes and dreams and a vague plan for their lives, but one which remains a construction site, much like their world: a universe of transitions, unstable in-betweens, the highways, the back ways, the stores, niches, and places of transit. Sebastian Heidinger followed these young people for a period of nine months. The camera soberly and persistently records their unbearable reality – from shooting up heroin in the station toilets, and looking for a place to sleep, to their contacts with “customers” and emergency doctors. A film about a hopeless present and a future that is not much brighter. |
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| Published: | 2007 |