Jimmi (Thomas Kufahl) is an 18-year-old street hustler from West Berlin with no social skills and a bad attitude towards everyone and everything. Although he wants employment and self respect, his illiteracy and temper reduce him to selling himself for homosexual sex. He is taken in by a progressive alternative student commune, where attempts are made to hone his obvious deficiencies. This somber made-for-television film follows the desperate young man through his experiences that eventually lead to thoughts of suicide.