Berlin Alexanderplatz
directed by Burhan Qurbani

A mesmerising crime ballad about an illegal African immigrant who cuts through the successive circles of the German capital's criminal underworld. Berlin Alexanderplatz is a spectacular return to Alfred Döblin's legendary novel and a bold dialogue with Rainer Werner Fassbinder's series of the same title. The film's director, Burhan Qurbani, moves the action of the story from the interwar period to the present day, creating a nocturnal urban odyssey. The main character, Francis, has a dark past and, having arrived in Germany, wants to make an honest start in life. But all that awaits the undocumented immigrant are illegal work and a string of humiliations – unless he succumbs to the shameless charms of the local demi-monde.