A rising prospective attorney messes with a local brothel to uncover sexual abuse and stir’s up a hornet’s nest. As his wife dies under questionable circumstances he connects the dots. Whilst being suspected for murder himself, he has to vanish into the small town’s underground to investigate beyond the eyes of justice.

In Aachen, Mia makes a living as a homeless person. As a woman, she is exposed to particular vulnerability. When the architect Markus helps her in an emergency, a fragile connection emerges between their very different worlds. Mia's hope grows that she has found someone she can trust.