Christmas Eve at a senile grandmother's place takes a turn for the worse when the daughter of the family brings her jewish boyfriend to find that the tree is dressed in ornaments from the 1930s
13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to face their past.
Structural change and unemployment in Schönstett are a real problem for Julia Fischer and her husband Martin. Especially since Martin acts as a houseman after his company went bankrupt and Julia brings the money home. A seemingly ingenious deal by the mayor is intended to remedy the situation and provide an upswing. But when women riot, a planned sit-in turns into an unscheduled sex strike...
Spring 1945: After successfully fleeing, Johanna is stranded with her two children and a teenager whom she has taken under her care in a village in northern Hesse.