A man has a special power, yet is condemned for it. He is required to fit in, to surrender, to change. Ultimately he’s faced with the decision to either assert himself or to submit.

A man and a woman meet in a cafe.

Winter in a big city. Thirty-year-old Klara arrives home with a random guy that she has just met. Both are drunk, they are giggling, having fun. But there is someone else in the apartment: Anton (9) catches them having sex. The next morning, Anton is gone.

Todor is in his early thirties and lives with his mother, reliant on her cooking, ironing, washing, and company. The comfort of this co-dependent lifestyle is suddenly altered one night when Todor arrives home late after an office party.

Andrea, a woman without a past, is the object of both Philipp’s and his son’s desire. A love triangle filled with expectations, longing and fears leaves open the speculation of who knows what about whom.

Sascha lives in Berlin. She is 23 years old and doesn't really know what to do with herself. She has been walking the streets of Berlin for days and nights. She only wants one thing - to forget.

Portraying the customs and traditions of a village set in the breathtaking landscape of rural Bulgaria, Zhaleika subtly tells the tale of a young woman’s emancipation.