Director
After Adele gets a call from her girlfriend, she is left alone with the consequences of it.
Zeynep
Zeynep has caused a traffic accident in Berlin. She escapes to her parents’ home in Turkey where her self-destructive and sexually assertive behaviour infuriates more than just her family. Looming above them like a portent is the dormant volcano Ararat.
Safiye Nasri
After taking several years off to have children, nurse Clara Horn returns to work and begins to feel the effects of the much tougher daily routine at the clinic - pressure, stress and tension are the order of the day. But she soon realizes that there is much more going on in her clinic: Apparently, one of her colleagues is deliberately killing patients. Clara must overcome not only her own doubts, but also massive resistance among her colleagues in order to convict the perpetrator, Rico Weber.
Medya
When the young translator Medya is threatened by her family at night, she takes refuge in the apartment with her boss Nina, a war journalist.Over time, the isolation and proximity lead to an escalation revealing the different privileges of both women. The film negotiates the margins in the relationship of two women between work, friendship and love. Cultural differences and definitions of freedom blur the boundaries between power, dependence and desire.
Shirin
В 1998 году шестнадцатилетнюю Хатун Сюрючи насильно выдали замуж за кузена и отправили в Турцию. Через год беременная девушка вернулась в Берлин и попросила родителей принять ее обратно. Они согласились, но по строгим мусульманским законам обязали дочь не выходить из дома самостоятельно, помогать матери и, как всегда, беспрекословно подчиняться отцу и братьям. Не выдержав давления, она сбежала в центр помощи малолетним матерям, стала учиться на электрика, впервые сходила на танцы и занялась сексом по любви. Шесть лет спустя младший брат выпустил три пули в голову Хатун, которую она давно перестала покрывать платком.
