Two sisters, Martha and Helene, stand in focus of Dennis Todorovic's second feature film «Schwester Weiß». As mother superior of a Franciscan convent, Martha leads a deeply religious life of strict rules and high morals, Helene is an atheist and was always the wild one in the family. But a car accident changes everything. Helene loses both her daughter Maja and her husband Theo, but also all memories of them and her past. Martha tries her best to take care of Helene, but Helenes amnesia seems to last.When Martha finds out that Helene's mother in law, Dolores, is planning for an atheistic forest funeral for Maja, it is just too much for her to bear. She puts all her efforts into stopping this "heathen" funeral from happening.

Schwester Weiß

Yasmin has lived an almost normal life as a German ever since she was three years old. The family fled from Somalia during the civil war and now lives scattered around the globe. When Yasmin's grandmother no longer wants to stay in her Ethiopian exile, a transnational family drama evolves, circling around the essential question: Where is Granny to live? And suddenly, the family confronts their own aspirations: Have they actually arrived where they want to be? GLOBAL FAMILY is a twistful documentary about a transnational family drama, in which four generations of a refugee family each pursue their own dreams of family, home, and future.