Clara is 39 and is taking a PhD in philosophy. She lives in a Kreuzberg flat share while her teenage daughter lives with her ex. Clara is having a secret relationship with one of her students. Her thesis supervisor, the strong and independent Margot, provides her with professional encouragement. When Clara visits her home in provincial Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for her mother’s birthday, she finds herself struggling with the pride and expectations but also with the rejection of her family and former companions. She begins to realise just how far she has moved away from her roots in her search for a self-determined life. But perhaps she had to move away. Because one’s perception of home can change.
Annika Pinske’s quiet drama is a study in familiarity and distance, liberty and compulsion, the countryside and the city. Sensitive, nuanced performances from an outstanding cast with an assured command of the local dialects allow the audience to experience the atmospheres of both Berlin’s university milieu and the rural family get-together.

　卡拉·诺瓦克（莉奥妮·贝尼希 Leonie Benesch 饰）是一位敬业且理想主义的年轻教师，在一所德国中学开始了她的第一份工作。可在学校发生一系列偷窃事件后，她与七年级学生之间轻松融洽的关系也受到了压力，一次教职工调查更引发了愤慨的家长、有主见的同事和愤怒的学生之间的互相指责与不信任。卡拉被夹在这些复杂的关系中，她试图进行调解，但她越是想做正确的事，她的处境就越是绝望。
　　这部影片是对权力关系的一次探究，以真相、正义、种族主义、尊重和儿童权利为主题，展示了个体是如何在种种根深蒂固的立场之间被消磨殆尽。