Grammatik

Chinese artist QING (25) has been hanging around Hamburg for two years on a language student visa. Now he faces deportation by the German authorities for poor performance in his German class. Syrian cook BASSAM (35), the best student in his class, agrees to help Qing prepare for the upcoming exam. As they learn various grammar rules together, a mutual attraction develops. However, Qing struggles with Bassam's discipline, while Bassam suffers from his own jealousy. After a night of passionate sex, Bassam disappears. With Bassam gone, Qing fails his exam, but realises that he has learned much more than German and that Bassam's departure was his last lesson. A few years later, Qing has let go of the past and is living in another city. By chance, he meets Bassam again.