This psycho-drama is based on real events. It tells the story of Lara Gerlach, a 30-year-old photographer, who works with her uncle Markus. Lara was severely traumatized as a child and is haunted by this trauma to this very day. To the outside world, she seems to be leading a normal life. But then she falls in love with Conrad, a writer who has just been released from prison.

Conrad begins to suspect that Lara is hiding something from him, but she rejects his attempts to get close to her secret. However, he doesn’t know that everybody dealing with Lara knows her past and the reasons for her strange behavior.