After the death of his mother, Peter K. is threatened with eviction from her home where he cared for her. He struggles to defend his refuge from his estranged sister, the city government, and finally, armed po- lice. His conspiracy theories and writings spiral into a violent reality, making him a renegade celebrity. His growing fear and solitude bring on childhood nightmares, while his court battle reveals a dark family past.
En 1971, las mujeres todavía no podían votar en Suiza. Nora es una joven ama de casa y madre de dos hijos que vive en un pequeño y pintoresco pueblo donde las noticias de las protestas por los derechos civiles, la revolución sexual y los movimientos contraculturales apenas son un tema de discusión. Nora es una persona tranquila que cuenta con la simpatía de todos. Pero cuando su marido le prohíbe aceptar un trabajo a tiempo parcial, la frustración la lleva a comenzar a luchar públicamente por el sufragio femenino. Su nueva fama conlleva amenazas y el posible fin de su matrimonio, pero ella se niega a dar marcha atrás, y convence a las mujeres del pueblo para ir a la huelga mientras descubre aspectos sobre su propia liberación. Las tranquilas vidas de sus vecinos se verán afectadas por completo.
A woman confronts her past – and invents her future. Seventy-six-year-old Elise knows exactly how she will spend the final years of her life: living with Paul, to whom she has been happily married for 50 years, in their villa on Zürichberg till her last breath, and tenderly cared for by Angela, their faithful housekeeper. But then Angela is discovered by the theatre and hired for a stage play. Paul hits a man with his '68 Maserati and subsequently becomes friends with him; Elise passionately kisses a young veterinarian.
Lorenz Meran, a successful gay author suffering acute writers' block, has to leave Berlin and return to eastern Switzerland to provide care for his aged mother, Rosie. But it is not only his mother's battle against being dictated to and losing her dignity that he is struggling with. It's also his own midlife crisis.
