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It articulates the essence of ones internal exile through the portrait of a JewishGerman refugee who arrived in Israel on the eve of World War II started a family but has nevertheless yet to feel at home in his new country He remains connected to Berlin with every fiber of his being the citys culture its essence and as far as hes concerned Israel is no more than a pit stop He gradually pulls away from his wife his son who does not get him his sisters who are haunted by the past and the rental flat where hes lived all these years He sets up shop in a budget hotel by the Tel Aviv seaside hangs out with a group of fringe misfits and dreams of moving back to Berlin