The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age.
Two women in their forties from Berlin go hiking and camping in the mountains on the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. What starts as a cheerful reunion develops slowly but surely into a disastrous journey, when it becomes clear that their friendship has not stood the test of time.