During an unannounced visit to Berlin Jakob and Hanna let their three grown up children know that they are no longer able to support them financially Karla Arnolt and Sonni seem to live successful city lives but on closer inspection they are in the middle of different lifecrises which have a common cause lack of independence After a big family quarrel and a painful revelation of lifelies every single relative is made aware of how little he or she knows about the others though still interdependent