Three yarns occasionally intersect across contempo Berlin including an unlikely romance between a mild-mannered cop (Hinnerk Sconemann) and the chronically irritable Mathilda (Meret Becker). The two are brought together as he issues warnings generated by complaining neighbors who object to her latenight punk music. In a second strand, Mathilda's yuppie sister, Ali (Stefanie Stappenbeck) is having trouble carrying family financial burdens while her snapper spouse (Marek Harloff) struggles to make a living. The least directly connected but liveliest strand depicts a three-way entanglement between fortysomething taxi driver Andi (Fritz Roth), a frustrated single mother (Heidrun Bartholomaus) and her sluttish teenage daughter (Marie-Luise Schramm), who the cabbie has never met but anonymously romances over the phone. Improvisations are seamless, partially due to Jopp's use of multiple cameras. Lensing is DV-murky, and other tech credits do the job.

Camera (color, DV-to-35mm), Rainer Klausmann, Christian Klopp, Frank Brunner; editor, Brigitta Tauchner; music, Loy Wesselburg; production designer, Tommy Stark. Reviewed at Berlin Film Festival (Panorama Special), Feb. 16, 2006. Running time: 103 MIN.