1989년 11월 9일, 베를린 장벽이 무너진 역사적인 순간 어머니의 죽음과 함께 태어난 `클레오`. `클레오`는 영혼과 대화할 수 있는 능력을 타고난 덕에 아인슈타인, 슐리만 등 독일의 위인들과 친구로 지내며 특별한 어린 시절을 보낸다. 그러던 어느 날, 시간을 되돌릴 수 있는 마법 시계의 존재를 알게 된 `클레오`는 시계를 찾아 모험에 나서고, 그곳에서 순간의 실수로 아버지마저 잃게 된다.마음의 문을 닫은 채 삭막한 어른으로 성장한 ‘클레오’ 앞에 어느 날 보물지도를 가진 탐험가 ‘파울’이 나타난다. 마법 시계를 찾을 기회임을 직감한 ‘클레오’는 과거로 돌아가 모든 것을 바로잡기 위해 베를린 곳곳을 누비는 드라마틱한 여정을 시작하게 되는데…
In a single afternoon, the early retiree Hubert Lotzmann manages to dupe his sisters-in-law, to betray his autonomous daughter Bille to the police and to forget his wife Annemarie’s birthday. And when she finds out that he has sucked her beloved budgie into the vacuum cleaner and in the process ruined her longstanding Fuzzbuster 500 vacuum cleaner, Annemarie’s patience runs out and she kicks him out: she gives him exactly two hours till dinner – if he doesn’t return with the repaired appliance, he doesn’t need to bother returning at all!
Berlin, the vibrant life. Only cashier Emma feels really lonely. There is nothing wrong with her, she just goes underground in the big city. Her desire to meet people has brought Emma to a strange idea: she lets go in the supermarket purses of customers and later presents herself as a hospitable finder, who invites you to pick up at the laid table. Unfortunately, the visit remains short. Only the shrewd homeless August who sees through her starts to get interested in Emma.
Frustrated, because he is forced to produce bad TV-shows, a manager of a TV-station, enters the station and manipulates the ratings, to initiate a TV-revolution.
