A young couple in love: Rebecca (32) and her boyfriend Julian (34) are expecting their first child and are full of pleasant expectation. As Rebecca gives birth to a healthy boy their luck seems to be perfect. But instead of the unconditional motherly love she was expecting she is thrown into an emotional turmoil. Helplessness and desperation reign and her own baby is a stranger to her. With every day that passes her inability to meet the demands of motherhood become more and more apparent. Unable to admit this to anyone, not even Julian, she falls into a deep darkness - to the point that she realises she is becoming a threat to her child. Now only unconditional love can bring her back on track…

1989年夏天，东德。亚当做裁缝，伊芙林做女招待。他们正计划一起度假，当伊芙琳发现亚当对她不忠时，她决定独自去度假。她跟随亚当去了匈牙利。随着与奥地利的边界逐渐缩小，匈牙利的一切都发生了变化。随着亚当和伊夫林决定在哪个世界——东方还是西方——他们想要建立幸福生活的新可能性的到来，世界的边界是开放的。亚当·德·伊夫林改编自英戈·舒尔茨的同名小说，被翻译成十多种语言。