Set in Berlin and Turkey 30 or so years ago, it tells the story of a young girl living in a hostel for foreigners who dreams of being an actress as she works on a conveyor belt.

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Living in sodden exile in a hostel in the Fourteenth Arrondissement, he settles into the Korean expatriate community and spends his time with three young women who are well aware that he has a wife back home.

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Mr Rigg, who had a history of problems with the law, threatened staff at a hostel he was living in.

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