It is 1969 when Mersija gets on a train towards Germany. She leaves Yugoslavia with a clear goal in mind: Not to end up like her father - old, poor and crazy. Ahmed rages against the family, is despised by his wife and children and was deprived of his money and his intellect by the whore Sabina. Mersija tavels until she has crossed the border. She finds work and succeeds in gaining a foothold in this foreign country. She marries Muso - a Muslim like her from Yugoslavia - and has a son. But she is separated from Adem by more than one generation. The son reproaches his parents for him not being a foreigner, but German, in contrast to them. But Mersija, Muso and so many others of her generation are always on the threshold of German society. Even after years in this country, they are still considered foreigners with their own laws and morals. But there is no way back either.