Clara is studying for a Ph.D in philosophy in Berlin. In this middle-class male academic environment, she feels pushed to one side. She returns to her childhood village in former East Germany for her mother's birthday, and becomes aware that a distance has grown between her and her family.
After the death of his wife, respected writer Henrik Agdestein won't let anyone get close to him, neither the kind-hearted teacher Sonja nor the feisty policewoman Laura. And certainly not top politician Leif, whose homosexuality he disapproves of.
A hedonistic bachelor - he is his rich family's black sheep - falls for a suicidal mental patient.
On her 23rd birthday, Julia is dumped by her boyfriend Patrick, her hoped-for career as a pop journalist vanishes into thin air and she finds out that she is pregnant by Patrick, who is already seeing someone else. Although she is also being courted by a new acquaintance, she decides to win Patrick back without telling him about her pregnancy. She accidentally finds out who his new girlfriend is and begins a hidden vendetta. But then there's always Frank, her new acquaintance, around whom Julia feels that strange tingling in her stomach.
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