The strike at the Neuss-based automotive supplier Pierburg made headlines nationwide in 1973. It was one of over 300 "wildcat strikes" during this period, in which foreign workers and Germans worked together to improve working conditions.

The patriarch and devout father Abdullah has been living in Zurich with his wife Emine and their children for years. Their eldest son Kadir and their daughter Elif are doing well in the Western world. The youngest son, Burak, is gradually becoming radicalized without really realizing it. Abdullah is initially impressed, but then Burak sets off on a "holy war." His father travels to the Turkish-Syrian border region to rescue his son.

Talented swimmer, motivated apprentice, cool buddy: Beyto is in the midst of life. But when the only son of a Turkish migrant family falls in love with his coach Mike, an ideal world falls to pieces. His parents only see one way out: They lure him to their home village and plan his wedding with Seher, his childhood friend. Suddenly, Beyto finds himself in a disruptive love triangle.

Due to unpaid wages, Elif and her husband are deep in debt. Elif’s husband wants to return to Turkey, but she believes there’s a better future for her son in France.

The sports day of a primary school spirals out of control. A harmless argument between two children escalates into death threats between their fathers.

Unsatisfactory final grades and no job opportunity in sight. Cem runs away from his family who want to ship him back to Turkey. He escapes into the night and lets himself drift. A summer’s night, in which he loses the familiar and the new lies in the shadows on the horizon.