The historical drama set during the Second World War centres on three people whose paths cross: a Russian aristocratic emigrant and member of the French resistance, a French collaborator and a high-ranking German SS officer.
16-year-old Jonas is in love with his best friend Isy, but she likes older boys. When Isy takes drugs at a party and loses control in the intoxication, Jonas friends Lenny and Martin make fun of it with Jonas. But then the situation escalates and the three boys rape the unconscious girl.
A young painter is obsessed by a saying of his idol Delacroix: According to it, only the one who is able to sketch the fall of a person from the third floor has talent. So he evokes this situation himself and pushes women out of the window....
