Mayo de 1940, en pleno hundimiento de Francia, cuando millones de personas se hicieron a la carretera temerosas del avance del ejército alemán, se nos cuenta la historia de un hombre alemán que ha escapado del nazismo y busca a su hijo, el cual se encuentra con una maestra rural a la que lo había confiado.
Stephen lives in Berlin and is unemployed. Together with his ex-girlfriend he shares custody of his son, Jasper, but while other fathers go with their children to the movies, they browse through their days, collecting old clothes or returnable bottles. Jasper loves his father and covers for him towards his mother and the child welfare office, but it is increasingly difficult for Stephen to bear his own free fall through the German social network. He knows what personal and professional mistakes he has made and as he realizes that he now runs the risk of failing as a father, he decides on a calm farewell and prepares himself for a serious act of desperation.
