Along the dark country roads of rural Germany, prostitutes from foreign countries work in old caravans. ln this uncanny world, the murder of one of the women .
Julia and Franz meet in a laundromat, and Franz vows to protect her. One summer night, they’re mugged by three young men. Franz is held back while the leader whispers something to Julia. Though friends dismiss it, Julia knows Franz failed to protect her. His obsession with what was whispered shatters their relationship, revealing love’s dangerous side effects.
The ensemble of buildings that makes up the maternity clinic and art school in Hamburg where the director taught is the starting point for this sober interrogation of how motherhood and career can be combined based on three generations of German women.
