Films by Alexa Ramthun

Germany 2023, 23 min
by Alexa Ramthun

Silvia and Birgit have never met, but they live similar lives: both work over 15 hours a day and give everything to their regular customers. For decades, they have been the proud owners of their own “Trinkhalle” in the deepest Ruhr area. The “Trinkhalle” is considered a social hub - a place where a wide variety of people spontaneously get together for a chat and everyone is equal. Nowhere is the culture of “Trinkhallen” so closely linked to the identity of an entire region as in the Ruhr area. B