A look at German sensitivities: the film adaptation of Helmut Krausser's bestseller Einsamkeit und Sex und Mitleid focuses on a motley crew of urbanites, all trying to cope with their romantic problems. Retired teacher Ecki runs an "anger room" where aggressive people can let off steam. Family man Robert models for artist Janine, who in turn has met supermarket manager Uwe on a dating site. His ex-wife, stressed-out doctor Julia, fights her loneliness by hiring callboy Vincent. Vincent is in a happy relationship with girlfriend Vivian, and to keep it that way they have come to an unusual agreement....
Berlin. Forty years from today. A roiling city of immigrants, where East crashes against West in a science-fiction Casablanca. Leo Beiler, a mute bartender has one reason and one reason only for living here, and she's disappeared. But when Leo's search takes him deeper into the city's underbelly, an odd pair of American surgeons seem to be the only recurring clue, and Leo can't tell if they can help, or who he should fear most.