Berlin Based

Its light its smoky bars its vacant land the characters that we meet here treasure different aspects of Berlin Vincent Dieutre puts faces and voices on some of the many artists who have settled there since the collapse of the Wall Questioning each one about their arrival and possible departure he depicts how Berlin has become part of the personal stories that have in turn been infused with a citys history What each artist recounts with their own words and sensitivity is also what the city has taught them the vocabulary of the sentiments in German the strength to live in the cold or in precarious conditions Like a playful wink to the tourist guide format the filmmaker travels from district to district