Julian is a 12-year-old boy whose family is just scraping by in the Ruhr industrial region of Germany in the early 1960s . When his mother and younger sister go away for a while, he is left mostly alone in the apartment while his father works in the coal mine. He has to confront the confusing world of adults and older …

一位单身母亲与儿子被发现死在一处独宅中。女子身中数刀；颈部以下瘫痪的儿子由于无人替其更换输液而死于中风。Katrin König从该女子的前夫Jens Sommer处下手调查案件，并走访了与Sommer一家为好友的Genth一家。Jule Genth与Holger Genth是否与Sommer母子二人的死有关？又或者与其养子养女Ma和Emma有关？