Cared for by members of the local community, Chris lives with his friend Alex at a Berlin S-Bahn station. Heroin addiction shapes his everyday life, and breaking free from the vicious cycle seems impossible. When his condition worsens and he narrowly escapes death, he decides to leave both the streets and heroin behind.

But how can a young man find his place in society when, ever since childhood, he has never seemed to fit in anywhere — or perhaps never wanted to?