After Sam, a penniless Afro-German singer, discovers he's HIV positive, he gets utterly drunk, spends a few miserable days, but promptly falls (back) in love. Amidst a crumbling former East Berlin (its bulidings, cars, people & culture), Sam develops a "family" for the new millenium, for the new generation of post-drug cocktail AIDS victims. The fragile "family" he forms includes his on-again-off-again boyfriend Rainer, and his best friend Bastl with his latest fling, Mike. Like the old, schmaltzy East German songs which Sam is recording, the sweet innocence of the characters struggle to prevail, the misfortunes of the characters nothwithstanding.

Rating: 3

Cast:

Paul

Gilling

Susanne

Böwe

Doris

Dörrie

Gerit

Kling

Susann

Uplegger

Michael

Ande

Markus

Böttcher

Anja

Kling

Dieter

Bach

Pierre

Sanoussi-Bliss

Matthias

Freihof

Paul

Gilling

Susanne

Böwe

Doris

Dörrie

Gerit

Kling

Susann

Uplegger

Michael

Ande

Markus

Böttcher

Anja

Kling

Dieter

Bach

Pierre

Sanoussi-Bliss