Academic teacher Sascha Fuchs (Jan Sosniok) meets translator Julia Ritter (Ellena Salvo González), with whom he falls in love at first sight. The couple are planning a wedding and a future together. Everything changes when one day a woman receives an invitation to a scientific conference and leaves for Turkey. Soon her lover receives news about the tragic death of Julia, who drowned while diving. A devastated man plunges into depression. Then, while watching a TV report from Iraq, he notices his fiancee among the hostages held by bandits. Convinced that the woman is alive, he decides to find her at all costs. He soon discovers that Julia had many secrets. Over time, he puts himself in mortal danger.