In 2011 the young married Swiss couple Daniela Widmer and David Och got kidnapped while being on a long trip along the old Silk Road in Pakistan. They were hand over to the Taliban and were held as hostages for 8 months under the most precarious conditions.

一个家庭难以谈论感情、爱或亲密关系。购买、出租和修理挖掘机需要整个家庭的关注。每个人都必须参与其中。当女儿遭遇不幸事故后，家庭的和谐生活就此破灭。儿子宁愿去美国也不愿接管公司。父亲喜欢上了新的唱诗班指挥，而母亲突然发现自己孤身一人。

After WWII, Helene is ready to do anything to start a new life. As a young woman, she came to the exciting Berlin of the roaring 20s, wanting to become a doctor, and soon fell in love with a man named Karl. But the course of her life took a drastic, irreversible turn when the Nazis came into power.