Review of Netto

I saw this movie and it kept me interested until the end. For me it was a picture about the real life in Berlin, the formerly East/West divided city and some of the problems occurred after reunification made it into the movie. The movie tells the story of a typical family where the wife (former East) left the husband (former East) for another guy from the former West who is offering her more security for her life and she becomes pregnant from this new guy. Their nearly adult son is fleeing this new 'nest' the mother and her new boyfriend are setting up for their new relationship. Thus their son flees to his real father who is living in a typical Berlin environment. The end of this movie leaves everything open, so it seems to me that it is only showing a snapshot of the live of ordinary people living in this special situation in Berlin. What I liked most, is how the film catches the real life situation in Berlin. I lived in Berlin for 17 years and can only say: Well done. Also the camera is sometimes out of focus and showing the actors sometimes from unusual angles, like half of the face in a closeup. But this helps to transport the emotional point to the viewer - at least that was my impression. Also the movie was filmed at least in some parts using a free hand camera and no tripod. I also found that this helps to strengthen the emotional transport of the respective situation to the viewer. Well, my summary about the film is, you see an interesting story, new interesting movie-making and craft - well, a very good film I can recommend to watch - if you can, because I don't know, if this movie is subtitle and I believe it is only available in German.