Simon Granderath has been found dead in his apartment. His only daughter, Monika Besse, arrives from Luxembourg to arrange the funeral and settle his estate. She wants to return to Luxembourg and her normal life as quickly as possible. However, she soon realises that she hardly knew her father at all and now tries to trace the various stages and encounters of his life. Much later she comes to realise that her search for her father’s identity has become a search for her own idetity – though she still believes she can connect with her father posthumously …