Simon Jensen

Hans le fort et la princesse Sarah veulent savoir pourquoi la source vitale pour leur village s'est asséchée.

Holger Lenz tried to do everything right in life and is still faced with the shards of his existence. His wife Ilona cheats, his son Linus mocks him on the internet, and younger people overtake him in the office. Even the family dog ​​treats the man in his mid-forties with disregard. When a Spaniard brings him his father's ashes in a detergent bottle, along with a message from an inherited apartment in Thailand, Holger sets out. His father Georg left him after reunification and moved away - the only sign of life in the last 20 years: a postcard from the land of smiles. What Holger awaits there exceeds his wildest expectations.

Dans les années 1950, une jeune orpheline qui révèle un talent étonnant pour les échecs s'envole vers une gloire improbable tout en se battant contre ses addictions.