Christian Neff

Physiotherapist Julika is young, attractive, mother of two cute children - and widow. Two years ago her husband Michi died in an accident. Julika still misses him sorely, even speaks regularly to his mailbox. Nevertheless, she embarks on an affair head over heels with the easy-going bicycle city guide Konstantin. For her loving, but sometimes encroaching parents-in-law Georg and Christa, the case is clear: the affair with Konstantin can only be a temporary aberration. After Michi's death, both of them stood by the mourning young woman and the children. The family is very close and even lives on the same piece of ground. With Konstantin, this whole well-established family structure falls into disarray. But is that what it feels like? Can there be a second great love for Julika?

Após um romance que terminou mal, Marie, uma jovem alemã, pousa em Fukushima, determinada a mudar o rumo de sua vida. Mas não será nada fácil: Marie sofre para se adaptar não apenas à vida japonesa, mas ainda mais à vida em uma cidade traumatizada. Ela acaba encontrando refúgio ao se aproximar de Satomi, a última gueixa viva da cidade. Marie chega até mesmo a acompanhar Satomi à casa em que esta nasceu, mesmo a casa estando dentro da zona proibida. A relação entre as duas mulheres é tudo, menos fácil, dadas as diferenças culturais e geracionais existentes ali. Mas, pouco a pouco, a amizade verdadeira se desenvolve entre elas.

"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" is the life motto of 30-year-old Agnieszka. After serving five years in prison, Agnieszka flees Poland for Germany in an attempt to start over. In Munich she meets the lonely 70-year-old Madame, boss of an escort agency. The woman provides her with a refuge and a job: Agnieszka begins to work as a dominatrix for Madame. She becomes like a daughter to her. All seems well until a much younger boy falls in love with Agnieszka. Madame will not stand any competition."