The story of a strange man who owns a self-storage facility and lives in a reality of his own until reality comes crashing down.

A plump Munich mortuary worker tracks down and seduces a married subway conductor.

A young orphaned woman named Kotzebue is trying to find out who her parents are in the icy landscapes of Alaska. Kotzebue is helped by an East German librarian, whose husband was killed while fleeing from the GDR. Although both women could not be more different from each other, a fragile relationship forms.