Kindergarten teacher Hannah lovingly creates a calendar of activities for the coming year to get her relationship with her boyfriend Simon back on track. Through a mishap, however, the calendar falls into the hands of misanthropic Jonathan, a wealthy publishing heir who sets out to find the author with growing curiosity. Miraculously, the paths of the two cross from then on, for the time being without knowing of their connection through the calendar.

The balcony as a stage for the absurdities of everyday life: In six episodes, different people find themselves on their balconies in Hamburg – in both tragic and comical situations.

Virginia and Mary are picking flowers on a hot summer day when Virginia interrupts the idyll with a thought.