"Naema an elderly princess dedicated to her pet causes is in a bind: struck by a malady that
maroons her in Montreux she's unable to host an exclusive gala dinner in Berlin to honor the
author Masud al-Huzeil for his lifetime achievement in Arabic literature. Not only is she
unable to attend RSVPs have been slow to materialize and she's reduced to begging the ancient
award-winner to find some attendees at the last minute. Masud invites his old friend and
native-Berliner Demian who in turn invites his two best friends: the troubled innocent Livia
and an American publisher Toto who will do anything for a free meal. But Toto doesn't come
alone. In tow are his much younger internet date-she's stood him up often enough to be
nicknamed "the Flake"-and Demian's 15-year-old daughter Nicole. Not to mention the cop who's
been trailing Nicole since she left the red-light district. Presiding over the affair is
Naema's infinitely rich endlessly disaffected grandson Prince Radi whose catastrophic pass
at Nicole culminates in an epic midnight food run that changes all their lives"--
