The Sixth Continent (German version)

Fifty people live in a mighty old house on the outskirts of the small town of Bressanone in South Tyrol. Thieves, homeless and unemployed people, addicts and refugees from halfway around the world. Their biographies read like a collection of diverse life stories that have only one thing in common: they are all stranded; people who have gone off the rails and are often considered problematic in our society, sometimes even undesirable. Here they find a temporary home and live together in a small space; people like the ex-alcoholic and jailbird Ervin, or Sumi, who fled from her stalking boyfriend, Ousman political refugee, who had to leave his family in Africa, or Hatem, a qualified refugee. Hatem, a qualified cook, who ended up on the street for a short time due to the economic crisis and perceives the house with all these different people as his own sixth continent. They all live in the house, looked after only during the day by Kathi and Miriam, two social workers, and by Alexander and Karl, two lateral entrants without social training, but with great commitment. The house deliberately does not want public funding, lives on donations and charitable actions. The residents pay a small rent and help with cooking, cleaning, shopping and gardening. Living together is done on their own responsibility and self-organization, no one can escape this. The house is a temporary home for them, usually for a year, until they manage to get back to normal life. But when the house is due to move to a new building, not everyone can go. Suddenly it's there again, the feeling of being outcast, so the move becomes an ordeal for everyone.