"A splendidly serene dramatic comedy" - Variety
The successful architect Barbara designs towns and houses and enjoys a stable, routine life. But a train arrives in Berlin with Ilke, her daughter from a past marriage. After twenty years she finds her mother with the help of a private detective who has mysterious contacts. She enters Barbara's house, her life, her current family without disturbing them at first. However, soon the private detective takes part of Barbara's life and the equilibrium finally becomes shattered.