Rebecca is undecided about what her future life should look like. On the one hand, she is on the path to becoming a teacher, and on the other hand, she doesn't let go of her passion for making films
Gräfenhausen near Pforzheim, on the morning of April 29, 1997: Harry Wörz is awaited by a large police force as he leaves his apartment and is immediately arrested. He is said to have visited the policewoman Silke, with whom he is still married but no longer lives together, the night before and choked her so hard with a scarf that she suffered serious injuries.
“Congratulations, you’re pregnant!” Lara can hardly believe what the doctor has just told her. The 25-year-old spends her nights hanging around Berlin with best friend Nora, having lost interest in her architectural studies long ago. She has no idea what to do with her life – she does a lot, but nothing properly. She now finds herself pregnant after a night of passion with a charming barman she met at a party. Nora is thrilled by the news though, proclaiming: “we’re having a baby!” After some initial doubts, Lara too begins to see her pregnancy as a chance. Together with Nora, she sets about painting the nursery and goes in search of the baby’s father. Then the gynaecologist gives Lara some bad news…
Gustav und Franco recently decided to move into the criminal world and earn serious amounts of money. But, their plans don't quite work out. And definitely not as they had wanted.
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
Franz and Lilly run their father's cattle farm together. While Franz is perfectly happy with his life as a cowboy, Lilly dreams of a bigger life. That's when she meets Chris, a musician, with whom she starts a romantic affair.
Marie is in her mid-thirties and has been with Sascha for a very long time, sometimes she does not even know for how long exactly. The next phase in their relationship is initiated as they only get naked on her fertile days. But does she really want it? The big picture? Or rather be wild and free? When the questions in her head get too loud, she hits the 'mute' button. Until she finds herself in a chalet in the mountains, with three others. Learning that no decisions are decisions. Running away is no option, so it gets straight down to the nitty-gritty.
Replace by a robot and in a money-ridden and digitised world, an unemployed factory worker tries to get closer to his beloved before the events of the modern future are upon him.
Motte is 15 years old in the fall of 1977 and has to come to terms with the news that his best friend Bogi has to go to the hospital with a life-threatening illness. This is a seemingly impossible task, because his first love, his parents' impending divorce, his enthusiasm for Bowie and soccer, an omnipresent chimney sweep, and his anger at not being able to share all this with Bogi overwhelm Motte and lead him to make himself scarce at the hospital.