Marie is dyslexic and cleans for the wealthy von Schermann family. Her mother Greta, who suffers from dementia, has just scared off her carer and her son Niklas has to travel with his wife. Marie decides to help out for a few days. While the two women get to know each other and explore Greta's past...
The 16-year-old Umberto, who lives in an East German small town with his mother and his little half-sister Bianca, dreams of Pa-isch, the country to which Bianca's Angolan father returned long ago. Pa-isch, a verballhorn of the Portuguese word for country, is far enough to no longer have to see the...
In East Berlin in the late 70s, two boys meet one evening in a disco: Thomas, who is from a working class family and is doing an apprenticeship, and Michael, a 16-year-old school pupil from an educated middle-class family. They both miss the tram home and walk together instead, ending up at...
Heike and Stefan have been a couple for many years and have a big goal together: to sail around the world on their own catamaran. One day the time has come, they leave their home in northern Germany behind and set sail. Their happiness seems perfect when they find a beautiful paradise on the island...
The homosexual journalist Kleinschmidt, who wrote for a trendy newspaper, is murdered in Berlin. During her investigation, the young, ambitious Ann-Christin Hagen quickly reached the limits of her abilities in her first case as chief inspector. That's why she persuades her boss, Rotter, to smuggle...
The tragic love story between 17 year-old Gerat Lauter, who is in search of the truth, and his much older teacher Claudia, as it becomes a criminal case with state complicity in the chaotic GDR autumn of 1989.
After the death of his father, Paul (18) meets Dresen (60), who also suffered a loss. The two of them spend the night together. But their suppressed mourning turns into aggression. The situation is about to escalate.