While four nuns of a women's monastery in the Eifel begin their day, Bishop Rentschler decides to sell their monastery. The Prioress agrees, Novice Ruth is outraged. Bittner, who runs the village shop, is appalled by the news and worries about former Prioress Philippa, who is suffering from dementia. The bishop receives a protest letter, which is why a mediator is sent to the nuns. It is the psychologist Ulrike Purscheck. Her motivation seminar, however, with the appeal to let go of the old, but with the nuns on closed ears - except for sister Brionie.

Das Kloster bleibt im Dorf

Erna Krawinkel is about to turn 100. In the senior citizens' home on Schliersee, where she has been living for a number of years, one is accordingly excited. She doesn't like all the excitement herself and has been very withdrawn lately. Except for one resident with dementia, nobody notices when one day she leaves the building via the fire escape and sneaks away quietly and secretly.

A Hundred Times Spring

Three sisters, two of whom haven't spoken to each other for many years, meet at the 100th birthday of the eldest of them. Together they relive a century of fateful events, scandals and missed opportunities.