What is Oh Boy / Beerland about?

Double Feature: OH BOY, Spend a day in the life of Niko Fischer (Tom Schilling), a young man whose aimless existence takes on a bit more determination after his father discovers he’s dropped out of law school. Framed in distinctive B/W cinematography and a jazz soundtrack, this crowd-pleaser has the low-key charm of such Jim Jarmusch fare as STRANGER THAN PARADISE. BEERLAND, 85 min, American-born writer-director Matt Sweetwood spent more than a decade in Germany but he didn’t feel connected to the culture until he viewed it through a glass of beer. A cinematic Oktoberfest, this insightful documentary about the history and customs surrounding the golden beverage takes Sweetwood across the country and brews up plenty of laughs along the way. In German and English with English subtitles.

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What is Oh Boy / Beerland about?: Double Feature: OH BOY, Spend a day in the life of Niko Fischer (Tom Schilling), a young man whose aimless existence takes on a bit more determination after his father discovers he’s dropped out of law school. Framed in distinctive B/W cinematography and a jazz soundtrack, this crowd-pleaser has the low-key charm of such Jim Jarmusch fare as STRANGER THAN PARADISE.

BEERLAND, 85 min, American-born writer-director Matt Sweetwood spent more than a decade in Germany but he didn’t feel connected to the culture until he viewed it through a glass of beer. A cinematic Oktoberfest, this insightful documentary about the history and customs surrounding the golden beverage takes Sweetwood across the country and brews up plenty of laughs along the way.

In German and English with English subtitles.