Torsten wasn't looking for anything. He just bought the lottery ticket to keep the peace with his lotto-enthusiastic co-workers. Eventually, he's forced to think about what to do with such a big win, when his ticket hits the jackpot. And he soon realizes, that he is the only one not having an answer to that question. His wife Susanne already knows what to do with their new found wealth. His son Lutz also makes plans. The shock-wave of this "lottobomb" tears Torsten's orderly world apart and leaves him with the question of who he really is.
Ambientado em Vienna, o filme narra a forma como a vida de uma escritora é tomada pela autodestruição ao ser dividida entre seu marido e seu amante. Isabelle Huppert é a estrela na adaptação de Werner Schroeter do romance de Ingeborg Bachmann, coescrito por Elfriede Jelinek (A Professora de Piano)
