  Andreas Dresen  (qv) s tragicomic movie focuses on two women and their daily struggle for survival during a summer in Berlin. Katrin, a jobless single mum, and Nike, a nurse, live in the same house and are best friends. Although always dating the wrong men and still pursuing for happiness, they don t lose their humor and spend many nights together on Nike s balcony, drinking and chatting. However, Nike gets to know the trucker Ronald one day...