this film truly be exceptional in many way . exceptionally funny and exceptionally touching and melancholy and energetic and set in exceptionally cold ghetto and harbour district of hamburg . three friend and ricco and floyd and walter and live their easy life there . all three of them be quite different and still tight together by a deep friendship . although the quarter they live in and the harbour that pulsate continuously and the place they go to and although these all seem very surreal and unpleasant and a if illuminate by cold neon light and one never feel uncomfortable with that due to the deep sympathy the three friend have for each other . they manage to have fun and analyze thought about their situation at the same time . a film full of contrast and both in picture and in mood . a must see .