While Kurdish gigolo Baran dreams of a future in Europe, German pilot Marion is struggling to come to terms with her cancer diagnosis. When the two meet at the Turkish holiday resort of Marmaris, they engage in a kind of double-cross and decide to enter into a sham marriage.
The German troops are just outside Paris. At the last moment Georg manages to escape to Marseille. The port town only lets in persons who have an entry permit for a new host country, proving that they are only passing through. Assuming the identity of a writer named Weidel, Georg tries to obtain one of the few scarce passages on a ship.
Matthias is the younger of the two Landberg brothers. While his brother David has followed in their father's footsteps on the path to success, Matthias lives his life far away from ambitions and career options.