Berlin Alexanderplatz
DramaCrimedrug dealerberlin, germanyprostitutebased on novel or bookrefugeeillegal immigrationremakeunreliable narratortouchingintensetragic
A dark, introspective portrait of a traumatized refugee's descent into Berlin's criminal underworld, marked by moral ambiguity and existential despair.
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.
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