Jens Klemig

Various setbacks lead toward a new beginning for the title character in "Karger," a low-key, working-class slice-of-lifer set in eastern Germany. A closely observed tale of a man's difficulty in contending with divorce, job redundancy and his father's failing health, pic reps a generation of small-town thirtysomethings who expected to learn a trade, stay married and raise children -- and can't quite comprehend or cope with breaks in the cycle. (variety)