In this vivid historical drama set in 1980s East Germany, two dockworkers and best friends who dream of escaping the repressive regime are forced to choose their loyalties when the state police promise them safe passage out of the country — if they inform on their co-workers and union leader.
In the loneliness of the Lower Havel lowlands, one of the last bird paradise in Germany, twelve-year-old Lea lives alone with her father Lutz, a passionate environmentalist. She is on the cusp of adulthood, confronted with the challenges of the present and the pains of the past. She often feels lonely in the childhood-remote world in which she lives, in which schools are closed and people leave. Even the father, who has withdrawn from the world, is increasingly becoming a problem for Lea, who longs for fellowship.
Тоби и Ачим крепко дружили на протяжении многих лет. Они, лидеры команды гребцов, не раз побеждали в спортивных соревнованиях, а теперь, готовясь к регате, тренируются в сельском лагере. Видя, что отношения Ачима с его подругой Сандрой, которая тренируется в женской команде, становятся более серьезными, Тоби начинает понимать, что чувства, которые он испытывает к Ачиму, намного глубже, чем он думал.
