Next Door

Next Door

90 minutes
2021
United States / Germany Comedy

East Berlin meets West Berlin in the pub. One asks the other... In a seemingly chance encounter, the movie star Daniel is being confronted by Bruno, one of reunified and gentrified Berlin's losers. He knows everything about Daniel –and is bent on revenge. Directed by and starring Daniel Brühl in his directional debut. Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny has the children under control. Everything is tip-top, bilingual and ready for him to jet off to an audition in London where a role in an American superhero film awaits the celebrated German-Spanish actor. Popping into the local bar on the corner, he finds Bruno sitting there. As transpires by the minute, Bruno has been waiting for this moment for a long time. And so this eternally overlooked man – one of reunification's losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin – takes his revenge. With Daniel as his target…

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2021
United States / Germany Comedy

East Berlin meets West Berlin in the pub. One asks the other...

In a seemingly chance encounter, the movie star Daniel is being confronted by Bruno, one of reunified and gentrified Berlin's losers. He knows everything about Daniel –and is bent on revenge. Directed by and starring Daniel Brühl in his directional debut.

Berlin, the Prenzlauer Berg district. Daniel is a movie star accustomed to success. His loft apartment is stylish and so is his wife, and the nanny has the children under control. Everything is tip-top, bilingual and ready for him to jet off to an audition in London where a role in an American superhero film awaits the celebrated German-Spanish actor. Popping into the local bar on the corner, he finds Bruno sitting there. As transpires by the minute, Bruno has been waiting for this moment for a long time. And so this eternally overlooked man – one of reunification's losers and a victim of the gentrification of what was once East Berlin – takes his revenge. With Daniel as his target…

Creators

Daniel Brühl

Cast

Steffen Scheumann, Rike Eckermann, Gode Benedix, Daniel Brühl, Peter Kurth, Justine Hirschfeld, Aenne Schwarz, Arne Duppler

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Awards

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Award
2021
Berlinale
Hlavní soutěž
Award
2021
Art Film Fest Košice
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