18-year-old Anke lives with her single mother in a small town at the Northern coast of Germany. Anke never coped with her father′s suicide, and as a result, the young woman has no friends, and shows at times either overtly aggressive or introverted behaviour. When Anke realizes that her mother is seeing another man, her only whish it to run away for good. She seems to find a soulmate in the seven years older loner Ulf, who takes her in. Ignoring the reality of everyday life and overcome by loneliness, Anke becomes fixated on her new friend…