Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation.
A young teenage single mother (Maggi) struggling to raise her baby daughter (Lucy) finds the weight of responsibility bearing down on her shoulders. Maggy was forced to grow up before her time. Thankfully for Maggi, her mother is always willing to help though Maggy still lives at home with her...
A holiday celebration with the extended family gets stretched to the breaking point in this comedy from Germany. Sara is happily married to Jan, though this wasn't always the case -- Sara is Jan's second wife, while Sara has three ex-husbands, Gunnar, Andi and Erich, and she and Jan are raising...
The life of the successful competition rider Andrea Bruckheim gets out of hand when her favorite horse Magic collapses dead in a competition. She can not really get help from her husband Thomas because marriage has been suffering for some time. To keep the joint operation - a successful riding...
Katja and Johann are two teenagers who are the best of friends. They spend most of their time in a ruined fort, fantasizing about an ideal world. Their relationship becomes threatened when Johann is taken ill with leukemia, and Katja's mother is undecided on whether to stay with her husband or...
Nama, a teenager from Mali, has crossed desert and sea for his freedom. When Nama is injured in a fight, an old man named Willi lets him move into the house that he used to share with his son Stefan. The father and son have not spoken for years and the three men may have little in common, yet what...
Helen's life is a chain of misfortune: She loses her job, she fails her final exams at university, and then she is dumped by her husband Jan on their wedding day - he moves in with his new girlfriend Jeanette. Her mother Ruth and her friend Olga try to cheer her up - but then Jan has a fatal...
Chris and Peter live and work in the apartment belonging to Birgit, Peter's former girlfriend and Chris' present girlfriend. In spite of this threesame life is quite smooth, until Chris meets the Polish model Clara.
