Two old school friends, both in their late twenties. One lives on his parent’s rural estate and does nothing; the other half-heartedly pursues work as a journalist in Düsseldorf.

The private detective Nelly (Martina Gedeck) has a moored and industrial property. The moor has been cultivated for a year, but the politics are still there. The children of the industry blame her wife Gerda (Donata Höffer), who made the most of her profit. Zij zou a secret minnaar hebben.

A little boy runs away from home and ends up in an orphanage where he writes an apology letter to his mother.