In 1942, Christian writer Jochen Klepper lived with his Jewish wife and daughter in Berlin, Germany. Their applications to emigrate got rejected and they became part of the last and sad defense of the Jewish-Christian community.

The middle of the 21st century. A dystopian drama in an overaged and run-down Germany. When the so-called "Endjährigkeit" - compulsory euthanasia at the age of 80 - is introduced, a father and a son are forced to put their broken relationship to a final test.