As he stepped through the sliding doors, the world shifted. The air didn’t smell like pretzels or diesel; it smelled like static. He checked his phone. His GPS didn't show a map of the city. Instead, white Helvetica text appeared in the air right in front of his face: [Dramatic orchestral music plays]
The film expertly weaves two timelines. In the present, the family travels across Europe to Turkey. Interspersed are flashbacks narrated by granddaughter Canan to young Cenk, telling the story of how Hüseyin arrived in Germany in 1964 as the "1,000,001st" guest worker ( Gastarbeiter Cultural Clash:
