음악 고등학교의 바이올린 선생 아나는 엄격한 성격의 소유자다. 입학시험에서 알렉산더의 독특한 연주에 매료된 아나는 다른 이들의 반대에도 불구하고 그를 합격시키고, 자신이 이루지 못한 성공을 제자를 통해 완성하려는 야망을 품은 채 그를 훈련시킨다. 아나는 위대한 연주에 다다를 길은 노력과 연습뿐이라며 알렉산더를 무섭게 몰아치고, 남편과 아들은 가정에 소홀해진 그녀에게 각자의 방식으로 불만을 드러내며 영화는 충격적 결말에 이른다.
나이가 들어도 여전히 자유분방한 아르민은 행복을 느끼지도 못한 채 의미 없이 살아간다. 다음 날도 변한 건 하나도 없다. 단, 그를 빼놓고 모든 인간이 사라져버린 것만 빼놓고. 현대 독일영화를 대표하는 베를린파의 선두주자 울리히 쾰러가‘ 궁극의 자유’에 대해 던지는 질문.
Two women in their forties from Berlin go hiking and camping in the mountains on the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. What starts as a cheerful reunion develops slowly but surely into a disastrous journey, when it becomes clear that their friendship has not stood the test of time.
After many dark years of depression Luca seeks to gain her high school diploma. Her little dog Mata helps her to find motivation and keep a positive attitude towards life...
Tobias and Flasche are childhood friends. However, their alcoholic friendship is doing more harm than good to Tobias, who realizes he should focus on his family and career. Everything changes when Tobias tells this to Flasche.
Robby screwed up. And because he is afraid of going home, he escapes head over heels into the wood. But there are living some dark 'friends', who are just waiting for such a young desperate boy who get lost in the wood! The Magician Stefan wants to have Robbies childhood and the bad-tempered robber-chief sneaks through the wood with his machete. No wonder that Robby is in big trouble very soon.
Sven lives with his mother Edeltraut, who is suffering from dementia. He shares his entire life, the apartment, even the bed with her. During the day he works at a bank. While he is at work, Daniel comes to the apartment to look after Edeltraut. He takes her to hairdresser's, goes for walks, shopping, and tidies up the apartment. But one day while Daniel is cleaning the windows, Edeltraut locks him out on the balcony and takes off. The two men go out looking for her. But what they find is not just Edeltraut, but also a tender fondness for one another, one which turns both of their lives upside down.