Victoire Laly

A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling. Tim, Milena, their almost grown-up twins Frieda and Jon and their illegitimate son Dio - this is the Engels family, who seemingly have nothing left to hold them together when housekeeper Farrah enters their lives. The mysterious Syrian woman puts the Engels' emotional world to an unexpectedly wild test.

On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and adult son also give up their initial resistance to Laura's presence, the four of them slowly build up some family-like routine. But soon they can no longer ignore their past...

Chrissi has spent years abroad proving that she can handle cars as a stunt driver. When she has to return to her father's childhood village after a serious accident, she is caught up in the tormenting memories of her family history. But her father is still trapped in his pain and unable to be there for her. In desperation, he offers her money so that she can build a life elsewhere, independent of the German social system - the relationship between the two is about to be put to the test...

A pupil at Gabrielle's comprehensive school takes her own life. It soon becomes clear that there is more to her death than just a young woman's lonely decision.

In Ger(wo)many, when an army of radical females is preparing for a final revolution and a utopian world without men, a young male soldier arrives seeking refuge at the convent.