Brilliant playwright, Lisa, no longer writes. She lives in Switzerland with her family but her heart has stayed in Berlin, beating to the rhythm of her brother's heart. The ties between the twins have grown stronger since Sven was diagnosed with an aggressive type of leukemia. He's a famous theater actor and Lisa refuses to accept his fate, moving heaven and earth to get him back on stage. She gives her all for her soul mate, neglecting everything else, even risking her marriage. Her relationship with her husband starts to fall apart, but Lisa only has eyes for her brother, her mirror, who connects her back with her deepest aspirations and rekindles her desire to create, to feel alive...

An IT company hires an actor to serve as the company's president in order to help the business get sold to a cranky Icelander.

骄傲的女主人埃丝特被诊断出患有运动神经元病，身体每况愈下，因此她决定吞药自杀，独自静静地离开这个世界。她告知了每一个人，将大家聚在他们偏远的住地共度周末。大家最初也都同意支持埃丝特这个不容易的决定，但随着周末的进行，事情的解决渐渐变弱，堆积的冲突被激起，各自的秘密也被揭露。

With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.