Berlin in Berlin 1993 A young German engineer photographs a beautiful Turkish woman without her permission Her husband finds out and starts a fight In the midst of the argument the German engineer accidentally kills the husband With his burdened conscience, he goes out to Berlins Turkish district to find the woman He is spotted by her relatives, and while escaping, by strange coincidence he ends up hiding in the mans home whom he has killed According to Turkish customs, a guest in ones household must be treated with dignity and respect even if he is the enemy Thus, the tension and difficulties among the Turkish family and the German engineer begin As long as he stays he will survive, but how long can he live in the home of a man he murdered