Norman is living a happy life with his family when strangers kidnap him and his wife Kala and shoot one of his children dead. When he regains consciousness again, he finds himself locked in a cage.

Hermann, a clumsy but kind-hearted young man who selflessly cares for his eccentric grandmother, receives a box brimming with strange chestnuts from his globetrotting grandfather one fateful winter morning. Hermann promptly builds a rickety chestnut stand in front of the house, where he soon meets the beautiful Hannah, whose charming nature immediately captivates him. The romantic moment lasts only briefly, as Hermann is sentenced by his grandmother to shovel snow.

Three directors open their personal gates to hell and let us glimpse into the abyss of the human soul.

Angelika, who was raised strictly Catholic, falls head over heels in love with René on a vacation - and quickly finds herself in a basement brothel.

Julia, a respectable, married housewife and mother of a 13-year-old son, gets into financial trouble and has to make a dangerous decision to save her family.