UND DAS STREBEN NACH DEM GLÜCK

Paul is from Cameroon. He made his way via the Sahara to Morocco to cross the Mediterranean. Jakob experienced the fall of the Wall as a Berlin teenager, which motivated him to make a film on today’s borders of Europe. This is how he meets Paul, who soon after gets to Spain. He survives – half die on the tragic 50 hour odyssey. There, instead of getting psychological help, he is sent to a deportation center. It is only on his release that Jakob and Paul meet again. Increasingly, Germany becomes the destination. At this point Jakob has to decide: will he become an active part in Paul’s pursuit of happiness or remain the observing filmmaker? In the end Jakob himself finds it hard to believe that Paul now lives in his former childhood room.

photo © Juan Sarmiento