Grill Point is a 2002 German drama film directed by Andreas Dresen.
Its original German title is Halbe Treppe, which means "Halfway up the Stairs" in English, and was the real-life name of the snack bar shown in the film.
It was shot almost entirely on location in the eastern German city of Frankfurt (Oder) using handheld digital video cameras.
Uwe, owner of a snack bar, and his wife Ellen, who works in a perfume store, are friends with Katrin, who works in a trucking agency, and her husband Chris, a radio DJ.
The band 17 Hippies who wrote and performed the music appear throughout the film as "the musicians".