Nachtgestalten (Night Shapes)

The Pope comes to Berlin and the night of his sojourn brings not so much heavenly devotion but rather a series of calamities and mishaps to several of the city’s inhabitants. Rich and poor, down-and-outs and policemen, street kids and taxi drivers - in their search for a little bit of happiness, they all end up on an amusing and at times harrowing odyssey through the labyrinth of the big city. One of these people is homeless Hanna. She is overjoyed when she finds 100 Deutschmarks and looks forward to spending a comfortable evening with her boyfriend, the crowning event of which is to be a hotel room with a bath. However, their desperate search for a bed turns into a testing ground for their relationship, their hopes and desires.