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Jul 30, 2017 · 2 min read

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: So, what it‘ll be?

NIKO: Coffee, please.

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: To go, right? — What kind?

NIKO: Just normal coffee.

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: Wanna try something new? Today‘s special is the Marocchino. For 2 Euros extra, you get a doughnut or a seed roll, all homemade and organic.

NIKO: I think I‘ll stick with the coffee.

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: Sure, we‘ve got two kinds: the Arabica and the Columbia Morning.

NIKO: Which coffee tastes most like a regular coffee?

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: I like both.

NIKO: Fine, I‘ll take the Columbia.

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: The Columbia, then. — You want milk. We‘ve got soy milk.

NIKO: No, thanks.

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: Okay, then. Three Euros forty, please.

NIKO: Without today‘s special. Just the coffee.

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: Yes, three forty.

NIKO: Three forty for a regular coffee?

COFFEE-SHOP EMPLOYEE: Yeah, that‘s the Columbia.

A Coffee in Berlin (2012), original title: Oh Boy, written by Jan Ole Gerster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frTyYsUhL5I

Trivia: Jan Ole Gerster‘s debut was the unexpected box-office success in Germany 2012 with more than $2mio. It also won the German Film Award for best pictures, best script and best directing 2013.

Dialogue on Dialogue: It is hard to get a simple “normal“ cup of coffee.

(The original title is “Oh Boy“, this scene opens the trailer and is the reason to choose “A Coffee in Berlin“ as international title. Short Synopsis: Niko lives for the moment, dreaming, drifting and marvelling until he’s confronted by his girlfriend breaking up with him, his father cutting off his allowance and a psychiatrist confirming his “emotional imbalance”. But all Niko wants is a decent cup of coffee.

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