The story of two very differently wired brothers who fled Iran with their father, and must now stand up for themselves on the streets of Berlin. After their mother's execution in the turmoil of the Iranian revolution, eleven-year-old Saam and his little brother Nima flee to Germany with their father. Doubly a stranger in Arabic-dominated Neukölln, the father ekes out a life between taxi driving, backgammon and shame, while Saam tries to fill the role of head of the family. He fights for respect among the brutal street gangs by any means necessary to protect his brother Nima. Until one day he goes too far.
