MymotherisaMuslimeducatedTurkwhocomesinthe60thasa"foreignworker"toGermany.IhavegrownupinasmallvillageintheNorth-Hessian-Germanywhichmeetsallstrangerwithsuspicion.Thefilm-makerOlafSaumer,pupiloftheartcollegeofKassel,looksattheGermanTurkishpastandpresentofhisownfamily-andatthe"secondhalf"ofhisIchswhichlongsintostrangelanguage,thevoicelessandanonymousrelativesandtheforeignlandlikeforthelostparadise.