The second film by Christian Petzold in which he continues his flirtation with American genre cinema, is a peculiar variation of the 1945 film-noir 'Transit', in which the action moves from gloomy post-war American corners to equally gloomy European railway stations and sun-faded buses of the tenth decade. In this colorless landscape, homeless wanderer Thomas, helped by the eccentric millionaire Jim, follows in the footsteps of his former lover Tina and never loses hope of escaping to the West - perhaps even to Cuba.