Time of Maturity

Michael is nine years old and lives in the working-class neighbourhood of Wedding, in West Berlin, in the 1970s. When his mother comes home every night, the boy<br />is already asleep, and when he leaves for school in the morning, it is she who is sleeping. Michael is saving to buy a bicycle: he runs errands and often steals from his classmates. While his mother earns a living as a prostitute, the boy struggles between escaping everyday life or living in a consumer society where there is no place for him.