My Sweet Home

On the eve of a wedding, a Polterabend (German for “wedding shower”) is in full swing in a quirky, dilapidated café in Berlin.

Bruce Winter, an American, has just persuaded his German girlfriend Anke to marry him, even though they have only known each other for a month. But while Anke is now determined to finally establish a proper family for herself and her fatherless baby, Bruce suddenly begins to get cold feet: should he marry and settle for a more purposeful life in Berlin, or should he leave it all behind and return to “Cali’fuckin’fornia”?

Weaving through the fates of Bruce and Anke are the various dramas of the other, “multicultural” guests who happen to be in the café that evening, invited or not. All those present seem faced with the same dilemma: What is home? Where is it?…

Each has his personal reason to stay “here” or to leave for “there”. Each has his own vision of home which, for each, seems practically unattainable. They are all losers in one way or another and they know it. And they finally poke fun at their predicament by challenging themselves to the ultimate test… “do you dare call your parents and admit you are a failure?”
What follows is a collective tragi-comic escapade which spins out of control and turns into a wild celebration of futility…