This is a bizarre "comedy" about two men, one Chinese, one German, who meet somewhere by accident at night in a gay area (I guess; very little is clear in this film), then wander, very, very slowly, back to the Chinese man's apartment. (Lots of shots of their feet, sometimes walking in unison.) They have a bizarre, wandering conversation about döner kebabs, vegans, Asian men dancing, being a male nurse in China, and other uninteresting topics. The Chinese man doesn't have any cash on him, and somehow assumes that the German man will pay for his döner kebab. As the Chinese man explains, "We don't carry cash in China. Everything is on the phone." And yet, the Chinese man is living in Germany, can speak some German, and has an apartment, and apparently a job (a nurse) and so... why would he not have cash? It's not like he just got off the plane.
Later, they find a mattress on the street and the German man helps the Chinese man carry it back to his apartment, which he keeps saying is really close, but it is not. They finally get there, drop the mattress on the floor and flop down on it.
Earlier they shared an awkward kiss on the street, instigated by the Chinese man, who seems to have an interest in the German man, but then, at the last minute, decides he doesn't have interest and just assumes he will leave, which he does. I felt some pity for the German man, because he thought this "relationship" was going somewhere, when it obviously was not.
The first half was shot in black and white; mid-way through it inexplicably (and pointlessly) becomes color (night and day? who knows). Jazz music was used to "heighten" different scenes, to little or no effect.
I do not know what the filmmaker (also writer, director and star) hoped to achieve, but IMHO, nothing was achieved and it is a 17-minute complete and total waste of time.
Later, they find a mattress on the street and the German man helps the Chinese man carry it back to his apartment, which he keeps saying is really close, but it is not. They finally get there, drop the mattress on the floor and flop down on it.
Earlier they shared an awkward kiss on the street, instigated by the Chinese man, who seems to have an interest in the German man, but then, at the last minute, decides he doesn't have interest and just assumes he will leave, which he does. I felt some pity for the German man, because he thought this "relationship" was going somewhere, when it obviously was not.
The first half was shot in black and white; mid-way through it inexplicably (and pointlessly) becomes color (night and day? who knows). Jazz music was used to "heighten" different scenes, to little or no effect.
I do not know what the filmmaker (also writer, director and star) hoped to achieve, but IMHO, nothing was achieved and it is a 17-minute complete and total waste of time.
