25-year-old IT student Kerim hacks the outdated computer systems of public institutions and medium-sized companies to earn money and anonymously sells the security vulnerabilities back to them. When his childhood friend Zofia catches him at it and recruits him for the mysterious activist group "The Alliance", the two of them slide deeper and deeper into a political struggle against the system.
The project is inspired by the director’s own youth during his time at a boarding school in southern Germany. Presents the dilemmas of adolescence between cravings to belong to the group and thirst for freedom.
Ria is a young girl working at a dry cleaner's. Not much to expect here, apart from the fact that she's expecting. It's ten minutes before the shop closes, when her boyfriend Lenny steps in to hide a mysterious suitcase. He's looking for a safe harbour while she makes a quick and clean decision.
On the set of a turbulent shoot of a Medea adaptation in Senegal, Maja seeks solace in a love affair with her co-star Nourou. Months later, they meet again at the film’s premiere in Berlin. Old feelings resurface, but a racist incident unsettles their reunion. Tensions rise as everyone tries to do the right thing. While the ancient tragedy plays out on screen, a contemporary drama unfolds.
Amidst sweating attacks, sex escapades, existential fears and the unsuccessful fight against the signs of the times, four women search for happiness and find themselves.