Katharina and her son Stefan (16) live in a small town where everybody knows everybody. Stefan has been born with severe asthma. Katharina has ceased to count the nights that she has spent at his bed listening with fear, his breath. Their care and care have accompanied the child's growing up. Very deeply in Katharina is a doubt whether she really loves her child. Stefan's burgeoning sexuality finds its way in a disturbing way. He scares women during nightly journeys through the city, escorts prostitutes in front of a brothel, and watches couples in sex. When a young woman is found dead, the suspicion grows in Katharina that Stefan can be the culprit. He winds more and more out of Katharina's clasp and is increasingly aggressively seeking his own space. When a second woman is found murdered, Catherine's suspicion becomes evident. The relationship between mother and son implies a tragedy.
The writer Sofie lives with her daughter, her son and her motherly friend Rosa in a pretty Leipzig city villa. Her life seems to have a firm grip on the single mother - if it were not for this writer's block that prevents her from completing her new romance novel. To make matters worse, her childhood sweetheart Vincent emerges completely unexpectedly. Vincent, Rosa's son, left her 15 years ago overnight. She has never heard from him since. Therefore, she tries to keep secret from him that she connects far more than a broken love ...
숲에 버려진 어린 남매, 헨젤(제레미 레너)과 그레텔(젬마 아터튼)은 추위와 배고픔에 떨던 중 무시무시한 마녀와 마주친다. 두 사람은 가까스로 그녀를 화로에 밀어 넣어 죽이고 탈출에 성공한다. 그로부터 15년 후, 마녀들이 무려 11명의 어린 아이를 납치해가는 일이 발생한다. 마을 사람들은 전설적인 마녀 사냥꾼 헨젤과 그레텔에게 마녀를 죽이고 아이들을 되찾아달라고 의뢰한다. 범인을 찾아 어둠의 숲으로 뛰어든 남매는 마녀(팜케 얀센)가 단순히 아이들을 잡아 먹기 위해 납치하는 것이 아니라, 더 엄청난 계략이 숨겨져 있음을 직감하고 마녀와의 화끈한 대접전을 시작하는데…
