Give Me Another Year

Stephen lives in Berlin and is unemployed Together with his exgirlfriend he shares custody of his son Jasper but while other fathers go with their children to the movies they browse through their days collecting old clothes or returnable bottles Jasper loves his father and covers for him towards his mother and the child welfare office but it is increasingly difficult for Stephen to bear his own free fall through the German social network He knows what personal and professional mistakes he has made and as he realizes that he now runs the risk of failing as a father he decides on a calm farewell and prepares himself for a serious act of desperation