Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing…

A husband and wife lie to each other about their weekend travel plans, only to both show up at the family’s country house with their lovers.

After a worker kills a superior and commits suicide, each of his family members attempts to forge a path forward in life.

After having her second child, a German housewife suffers from post-partum depression before inexplicably falling into a continually misdiagnosed mental state, befuddling her relatives.