Laura, a young student at the UdK Berlin, Department of Music, doesn't know what to do. Music, her life - it all seems to have slipped away. During a trip to the countryside, her boyfriend loses control of the car. A terrible accident. The boyfriend dies. The family of a woman who witnessed the accident takes in the surviving Laura. Laura asks to be allowed to stay for a while - because Laura feels at home with them, in this house on the edge of a hamlet. But Laura soon realizes that something is wrong with this family.