Trudi is the only one who knows that her husband is terminally ill with
cancer. When his doctor suggests that the couple undertake one last trip
together, Trudi persuades her husband to accompany her to visit her children
and grandchildren in Berlin. However, the members of their family are
far too wrapped up in their own lives to be able to take care of the couple.
After a theatre trip to see a Butoh dance performance, Trudi and Rudi decide
to go and stay at a hotel on the Baltic coast. And then, out of the blue, Trudi
dies. Rudi is completely at a loss. He has no idea what to do with his life, until
he decides to go to Japan to visit their youngest son, Karl.