The monkey child Akiko lives in the zoo, but his family sends him on a big mission: he is supposed to go out into the world and get his relatives out of the forest. Together they want to free the animals from the zoo

Akiko, the Flying Monkey

Life is tough, but Peggy Rosinski is tougher: three kids, two jobs and a mountain of debt. She lives with her unemployed husband Torben and children from different partners on the outskirts of Frankfurt an der Oder.

Wir sind die Rosinskis

The life of the station attendants Alfons and Bruno is characterized by an everyday routine that they carry out with pedantic thoroughness. Even though no passengers have come for years, they have never failed to sound the hourly warning signals. One day, when a group of traveling musicians show up in front of the ticket counter, Alfons' beloved order is thrown into disarray. Bruno, on the other hand, finds pleasure in the lusty life of the musicians and begins to question the rules of the station.