A widowed professor living in Paris develops a special relationship with a younger French woman.
Plum out of luck, Swabian farmer Huber’s farm goes under. Then his girlfriend Birgit takes over her father’s newly-acquired firm – in former East Germany. That's reason enough for Huber to bail on his debts and head out on a road trip through southwest Germany.
An old man mourning the loss of his wife starts rebuilding a piece of The Berlin Wall on a field outside his house.
