Valentin Hagg

In Mödling, a small town near Vienna, girls between the ages of 18 and 20 have been disappearing without a trace at ever shorter intervals for the past 13 years. Residents are worried and accuse the police of incompetence. In this environment of fear and mistrust, the 19-year-old schoolgirl Jeanny meets the mysterious but charming tax consultant Johannes, which initially has something threatening about it. But Johannes sees more in Jeanny than just an innocent girl. And he gives Jeanny, who lost her father at a young age, support and recognition. He helps her to pass the Matura, he awakens her self-confidence and gives her the appreciation that she misses. An unusual love grows between the two, which is initially kept secret from everyone. As she is drawn deeper and deeper into the whirl of her feelings, the aggressive climate in the town continues to escalate. A militia is formed. Jeanny is becoming increasingly insecure. Can she really trust Johannes?

Autriche, à la fin des années 1950, dans une riche famille de confiseurs viennois. Paul, 12 ans, mène une existence morne et solitaire entre un père despotique et un pensionnat jésuite aux allures de prison, où piété, discipline et humilité sont érigées en dogme. Paul a peur d'étouffer, de ne plus grandir, de mourir de froid…

À Linz, dans la capitale de la Haute-Autriche, une nouvelle équipe enquête sur les affaires criminelles qui se déroulent dans la ville baroque, menée par l'intrépide inspecteur en chef Johanna Joe Haizinger