A Handful of Grass

Opening in remote Kurdistan Eine Hand Voll Gras introduces us to the impoverished family of 10yearold Kendal Arman Inci In desperate need for cash to fund his older sisters wedding Kendals parents allow themselves to be persuaded by Kendals uncle Ercan Durmaz who lives in Germany to let the boy go to Germany to make some money Upon their arrival in Hamburg the uncle is arrested and Kendal ends up in the temporary care of Hellkamp Oliver Korittke a cabby with a shady past