Leipzig, 1989. Margarethe, a young punk opposed to the East German regime, is detained in a psychiatric hospital. She dreams of breaking out to join the man she loves - a punk musician named Heinrich. Though the regime's days may well be numbered, the Stasi informants are more present than ever.

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Cesare, a young musicology student attends the screening of an archival video presented by a strange professor. As the video moves forward cesare is more and more entranced by the thoughts and philosophies presented by the speaker. Silvia, his classmate, witnesses Cesar’s metamorphoses, who finds himself irresistibly pulled toward a mysterious castle haunted by the ghost of an old man.