The story of the 18 year old prostitute Fanny who falls back into her old life after being released from a reform school run by nuns. The feeble-minded Frieder tries to liberate her, fails, and pays for it with his life.
The story of an immigrant Spanish family in Germany. When Isabel's parents decide to go back to Spain, she chooses to stay in Germany. After she meets Manuel, who is half Spanish, she starts to feel homesick.