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Storyline

Hip-hopper Yan Eq has a pretty big mouth. In an attempt to cover up an affair with his best friend’s sister, he lets himself get talked into organising the city’s biggest party in just 24 hours. Together with Jamie, he must now not only borrow all the equipment, but somehow cope with all the con-men and thieves. Sera, who makes a living rapping on the underground, is fighting to keep his flat, which his marijuana dealer has pawned. Vern, the self-proclaimed B-Boy Manager, can’t keep his mouth shut. He talks his life away looking for the ultimate booking that will take him to the very top. Tarek dreams of turning all of Berlin into an enormous graffiti sculpture. As the child of Chinese immigrants, he takes a philosophical approach. After all, he who owns the roof, owns the house. Sässion (“session”) is another born rapper. He has got in with the wrong crowd and tries simultaneously to flee the debt-collectors and prevent his girlfriend Yesim being found by her brother and dragged off to Turkey. The lovers appear inseparable – until a bunch of skinheads turns up. In the final showdown, the situation is saved by the last-minute appearance of the 5 Amoks, perhaps the world’s greatest break-dancers. In one night and the following day, the different strands of this story blend into a pulsating composition involving fabulous amateur actors and daredevil filmmakers.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Berlin International Film Festival 2004
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