十二个德国独立电影人发掘他们的潜力，开拓了全新视野。 每个人都可以拿起DV摄影机，任何银行都可以给你一笔99欧元的贷款。构思一部五分钟的小故事是我们学生时代经常会做的事。所以说，每个人都可以拍一部“99欧元的电影”。但“99欧元电影”的意义不止于此。它充分证明，德国电影可以是野性的、新派的、现代的、搞笑的、政治的甚至是娱乐的。年轻的德国独立电影人聚在一起，激发年轻演员的潜力，向世界宣告：有了新点子就把它拍出来，不要害怕，勇敢独立地去做！(豆瓣字幕翻译2.0小组)

The true story of Otomo, a Black man seeking work and asylum in the German city of Stuttgart. However, all he finds is racism, police trouble and his final destiny. His one-day journey leads him to a run-down temporary employment agency where he is being rejected because he doesn't own an ID and proper shoes. Downcast he continues his purposeless trip. In a streetcar he encounters a racist trolley controller who wrongfully accuses him of having an invalid ticket. As the situation escalates, Otomo head-butts the controller and flees. With the police on his heels, Otomo decides to leave the country. He runs into a truck driver who is inclined to take Otomo to the Netherlands if he pays him 400 Deutsche Mark in advance - a load of money he doesn't have. His need of money leads to desperate measures, but also to a new love. However, Otomo's bloody final encounter with the police is not too far away.

In April of 2013, American singer Patti Smith travels to the grave of French writer Jean Genet in Larache, Morocco. She brings him three stones, which she collected for him over 30 years ago.