9 Lives

A documentary about the lives of young Berliners whose decision to leave their families’ home at a very young age eventually leads them to a life in the street, turning them into homeless people, whether temporarily or not. Sunny, Toni, Krümel (“Crumb”), JJ, Stöpsel (“Plug”), Soja and Za are physically and psychologically debilitated, although they present themselves as young people endowed with immense strength and talent, qualities that stand out as they are interviewed in a kind of “white cube”, a spotless, sterile setting that contrasts with their street lives. Far from romanticising them, however, the environment’s aesthetics may rather remove us into a neutral setting where one can see beyond prejudice.