Claire's family life is not very harmonious at the moment: her marriage to teacher Frank is in crisis and her children Betti and Daniel are distant. In a quiet moment, Claire immerses herself once again in the world of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", in which she once played the leading role. But then she is magically transformed into her 16-year-old self! As a classmate of her children, she not only gets to know them anew, but also her husband Frank.

Lawyer Sarah Stein has her life firmly under control and a clear goal for her career: to become a partner in the renowned Frankfurt law firm she works for. However, the latest case her boss entrusts her with seems more like a beginner's job: the elderly foster father of winegrower Peter Jahn has died. As there appears to be no will, his biological son Siggi, as sole heir, claims all rights to the family vineyard. And as Peter has not responded to a letter from a lawyer, Sarah is now supposed to hand him the notice of termination in person.

In September 1989, more and more GDR citizens fled to the West German embassy in Prague. Among them were Stefan and Bettina, who were spending their honeymoon in Czechoslovakia. When Stefan briefly returns to the GDR to fetch their young son, he also brings their friends Karin and Thomas with him. There is no end to the influx of refugees and the embassy is completely overwhelmed with those wanting to leave. What's more, despite hectic negotiations behind the scenes, no political solution seems to be on the horizon. The situation in the embassy garden is becoming increasingly dramatic. A humanitarian catastrophe is imminent.