The shy late twenties Torsten tile lives with his mother in a bleak Berlin slab. In the guise of his alter ego "Lux - Warrior of Light" he tries to make the world a little bit better. He distributes food to the homeless and helps out on his forays through the city wherever he can. A film crew accompanies him to make a documentary about the social engagement of the self-appointed real-life superhero. Jan, the director, is still looking for a donor. The resourceful producer Brandt shows interest, but on condition that he sees something spectacular.
A model family's happy life unexpectedly goes off the rails when the carefree Hedi, played by Laura Tonke, suddenly starts having panic attacks. First mental illness and then drug dependency – the happiness that these happy-go-lucky thirty-somethings once took for granted suddenly seems unattainable, and their world fragile and uncertain.
Baseado em fatos reais, um grupo de adolescentes inquietos vaga durante as últimas horas que conduzem a um motim anti-imigrante na cidade de Rostock, na Alemanha, em agosto de 1962. Dentre os ocorridos, foi ateado fogo em um prédio onde moravam mais de 120 vietnamitas. Os incidentes são contados através de três pontos de vista: o de Lien (Trang Le Hong), uma vietnamita que trabalha em uma fábrica; Martin (Devid Striesow), um ambicioso político local preso em um dilema; e Stefan (Jonas Nay), filho de Martin, que após a perda de um amigo se envolve em um ciclo de violência.
Somewhere in a war zone. Three young stationed soldiers try to distract themselves from everyday wartime existence. One of them takes notice of a local girl. The comrades follow her.
All summer long, a group of people circumnavigate each other. A group of people who are so close and yet so alienated from one another. Their isolated holiday home is the site for a resurgence of smouldering conflicts and lifelong illusions that threaten to wreck the family’s fragile unity forever.
