Musician Mio from Berlin is astonished when he learns that he is entitled to a handsome sum in compensation for the death of his parents in a terrorist attack several years earlier. All he needs is the signature of his brother Valentin, who lives in Austria, and then the money can start to pour in. However, the project turns out to be more difficult than expected, because as a mountain farmer on the alpine pasture, the brother lives in a world of his own.
One morning police storms into the house, where Karl lives with his mother to arrest the young man. Whatever the charge is, it seems to be something nobody has the slightest understanding for. Months before: Karl is working in a hospital. He is fascinated by a strong willed old lady, A friendship develops with this patient becoming more and more romantic. One night the two of them get closer, closer than allowed.
As a young stranger enters the life of a rich but emotionally paralyzed family, everything changes.
