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In 1986, my father moved to Berlin-Kreuzberg, and from then on he was part of the O175/A 92 housing project. His first child was born, and then he met my mother, who was introduced to him by his ex-girlfriend. His second child is born: me. Thirty-five years have passed since his arrival; the city he fell in love with no longer exists, but he and others who renovated the building and turned it into what it is today still live there. They helped establish the SO 36 (Sub Opus 36) cultural center, which still exists today.
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In October 1989, the part of the West Berlin borough of Kreuzberg called SO 36, had been largely shut off by the Wall from the rest of the city for 28 years. A lethargic sub-culture of students, artists, bohemians and barflys had flourished among crumbling buildings. Part of that microcosm is barkeeper Frank, semi-formally called 'Herr Lehmann' by friends and patrons. He hangs out drinking, sports utter disregard for anything beyond SO 36 and lazily pursues an affair with cook Katrin. His lifestyle is gradually disturbed, when his parents show up for a visit, things go awry with Katrin and his best friend Karl starts to act strange. Meanwhile, political turmoil mounts on the other side of the Wall.

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly.