Escaping war, a Syrian writer seeks asylum in Germany with his family. On the escape route he lost his wife so that only he and his daughter are left. Once they are settled in a refugee camp, he is forced to give his daughter to a German family. A moving story of forced assimilation and the struggle of the refugee in the modern world.

讲述了一个在逃离战争时失去妻子的叙利亚作家，带着女儿逃往德国寻求庇佑后的故事。他们两人抵达德国难民营后，由于一些原因，这个叙利亚作家不得不将他的女儿交给一个德国家庭抚养。与此同时，由于以难民的身份进入德国，该作家发现很难融入到这个社会。之后，他放弃了作家的职业，顺应招聘市场的需求尝试各行各业，比如清洁工、工人、服务员等。而且他还开始学习德语，但还是无法和当地人民正常对话。长期的抑郁、贫穷、孤独击垮了这个作家，他甚至产生了自杀的念头。最后，他抢回了他的女儿离开了德国。