Neighbours

Anne, Johannes and Eddi used to share a flat when they were students, but later in life they went their separate ways. In their old age, they reconnect and decide to live together again. All three are single and miss company, and as pensioners they are tight on money, so sharing the costs will be a good idea for them. They move into their new flat, playfully reminiscing about their turbulent youth, drinking, smoking, having lively discussions and late-night music. But their joy does not last long. In the flat below there live three serious students, who are in the middle of their exam period and have a hard time with elderly party-goers. Not only do they expect the new tenants to provide them with necessary peace, they also insist that they stick to the house rules and take on certain duties. The newcomers, however, do not give a damn about it. Both camps stubbornly insist on their own way of doing things and get involved in an intergenerational conflict, which is wittily turned upside down and defies stereotypical expectations. In this world gone wrong, there are numerous comic complications which, alongside the sparkling dialogue, entertain on the one hand and reveal many bitter truths of today‘s world, on the other. The elderly are upholding the ideals they stood for as members of the student revolutionary movement in the late 1960s, while the younger ones are the individualists of modern society, who are constantly stressed out and who put all their efforts into studying and succeeding, but no longer know how to socialise in a relaxed way. Obviously, the two sides will have to converge at some point ...