Stefan, Julia and Tobias, three brothers and sisters, live a comfortable middle-class life. On the face of it, they are doing well, but all three are increasingly aware that there is a gap in their lives, that something is wrong and that something has to change. Stefan, 41, is a successful pilot and a real lady; so far, he has led a carefree hedonist life. But all of a sudden, his health ceased to exist, and an encounter with Vicky, his daughter born in an earlier affair, derailed him. Julia, 44, and her husband started taking care of a street dog that was hit by a car while on holiday in Italy. Suddenly, the pain of her son's death overtook her. Tobias, 34, married a career woman. He has been taking care of their three children and seems unable to finish school; now his brothers and sisters have decided that he should also take care of their sick father. Edward Berger's film depicts three people looking for happiness and inner peace. As a result of these three concentrated personality studies, the image has emerged as an insecure generation in a rapidly changing world. The three si...