The middle of the 21st century. A dystopian drama in an overaged and run-down Germany. When the so-called "Endjährigkeit" - compulsory euthanasia at the age of 80 - is introduced, a father and a son are forced to put their broken relationship to a final test.

The former professional footballer Alex Brehm has taken care of his daughter Charlie since the accidental death of his wife. The girl suffers greatly from the loss of her beloved mother, but is an avid footballer and finds distraction from her grief, at least for a short while. Also, she is "completely the daddy" - until Alex learns one day after a blood test of his daughter that neither he nor his deceased wife Charlie's biological parents can be.

Ernst Zoller is found dead. He is the fourth man in a short period of time to die from bleeding to death. All the evidence suggests that Lotte Zoller killed her husband. When the woman commits suicide, it initially looks like an admission of guilt.

A German secretary and a South African-born political campaigner form a relationship.