Katharina became a mother after an artificial insemination when she died in a traffic accident. Although her wife Ellen is the guardian of little Franz, she has custody - unlike in heterosexual marriages - without adoption but not. And not only the biological father of the child, also the parents of the deceased Katharina make claims.
The door has been closed for many weeks. A teenager has locked himself in - shutting out a helpless father, mother and sister. In Japan, youths like him have already been given a name: Hikikomori (the secluded). The phenomenon is also beginning to spread throughout the Western world. This is all the family has been able to find out. All they can do is stand in front of the locked door and ask, beg, implore, throw tantrums, despair, accuse, ignore and hope. All the while, the door increasingly becomes a mirror of their own lives.
문학가를 꿈꾸는 괴테(알렌산더 페링)는 법관 시험에 떨어지고, 아버지에 권유로 시골에서 변호사 견습을 받게 된다. 유능하고 엄격한 변호사 케스트너(모리츠 블라이브트로이)의 지휘에서 잠시 벗어나 친구 예루살렘과 함께 파티에 간 괴테는 우연히 만난 로테(미리엄 스테인)에게 마음을 빼앗긴다. 로테는 괴테의 문학적 재능을 한눈에 알아보고, 두 사람은 걷잡을 수 없는 사랑에 빠져든다. 그러나, 가족을 위해 케스트너와의 약혼을 약속한 로테는 괴테에게 이별을 고하고, 괴테는 그녀를 향한 마지막 편지를 적어내려가는데…
