Susanne's husband left her six months ago; she doesn’t go out, she doesn’t visit her friends, she lies about having been left. Her only outlets are her work and her beloved synchronized swimming, until a young single mother and her daughter move into her building and turn her life upside down.

Die elfjährige Nele lebt bei ihrer Großmutter Steffi, seitdem ihre Mutter Anita vor acht Jahren von einer Reise nicht mehr zurückgekehrt ist und nichts mehr von sich hat hören lassen. Eines Tages entdeckt Nele in Steffis Lieblingsserie die Schauspielerin Ani die ihrer Mutter überraschend ähnlich sieht,

A family drama about a German teenager who leaves home totally unexpectedly to join the ranks of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in its armed struggle. When the boy's father and older brother set off on an adventurous journey to the Syrian border, they manage to find him and bring him back to Germany. However, back home, questions start being asked: did he return of his own free will, has he disassociated himself from the IS ideology, or is he in fact a 'sleeper' agent awaiting orders?