(2hrs 18mins, Ger)

Mario's rating: 4/5 (favours)

Berlin Birdman: One rejection, one romance, one robbery, one release; and all in one overwhelming take.

👍 Night clubs: The tension of the never-ending take. As in life, innocent lies and mistakes can be fatal, and there are no re-takes here. There's no going back.

👎 Night fights: The film was disqualified from being nominated for the 2016 Best Foreign Film Oscar, as it's mostly in English. No German film was subsequently short-listed that year by the Academy, for this category.

📽️ Favourite scene: The baby scene. Smartly done, and simply devastating.

🥇 Best quote: "I've been 16.5 years practicing playing the piano. Every day, seven hours. Our teacher said that 90% of us are wasting our time. You know, when I was 12, I was like an old lady, just always playing the piano."

🙁 Best depressing quote: "I'm not a bad guy, I just did a bad thing."





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