Mia is bored with her life as housewife and mother. She wants to go back to school to educate herself and take a job. Since she has recently successfully tackled a burglar in a neighboring house, she is offered training to join the police force. Her husband and children are not sure they like this new development in their lives.

Mutter auf Streife

They once played together in a band called Chix and were inseparable. Today, each of them has their own problems.

Frauen

December in Hamburg: The city shines in the lights, the people meet at the Christmas markets. Jule has her law exam at last in her pocket and a plan for her life. It should be a job in a non-governmental organization, then someday the man and also children. On the nightly journey home from her birthday and graduation party organized by her friend Lexa, she meets Santa Claus at the Elbe. It will take four years of ups and downs before they both understand, accept and feel it at the same time: that life will never feel right without each other.