Director Carolin Genreith takes a warmly ironic look at her mother and her female friends but also addresses her own fears and vanities. A vibrant portrait which looks beyond the borders of one twentysomething’s coolly urban lifestyle in Berlin to examine the travails of menopause – as well as the art of banishing one’s fear of ageing with a well-placed hip thrust.
Three women, who lived different period of time, all meet the cut glass bowl.
Berta and Hugo are two strangers who find each other in a hotel room. Their lives have nothing in common... but they are closer than they appear.
Martti Vaara, secondary school graduate gets monetary help from his rich uncle under the pretense to get married and have kids. When the uncle unexpectedly arrives to look at the little one, Martti persuades his friends to get involved on the hoax.
A young man and an older one meet by happenstance in a local cafe and decide to sit and talk about their points of view on life.
Javier is a powerful but miserable politician with a much younger secret lover, Gonzalo. Struggling with his shame over the relationship, Javier takes Gonzalo on a trip to try to work things out but the tension between them only escalates.
Alice, 65 years old, becomes roommate with Guy, 25 years old. After confessing to him that she’s recently widowed and incapable of going back in her own house since, Alice asks for Guy's help in facing her grief. Together, they return to her house, where memories are waiting.
A teenage girl is ready to experiment, but an older man’s demands burden her sexual awakening with complex realizations about her place in the world.
The ageless man walks in the apocalyptic streets of Tel Aviv. In the eyes of two restless teenagers he finds his lost youth. They will tease him, they will seduce him, they will surrender.
While in a mental ward, Johnny, a young amnesia-ridden man, befriends Laura, a blind middle-aged woman. However, as their friendship develops, so do feelings far more than that. Against the rules of the ward, the pair set out to elope at any cost. And even still, the dark truth of Johnny's true identity still awaits him.
Zahos Fokianos is a businessman who flirts with various women. Teta, the daughter of one of the women that Zahos chases, has fallen in love with him but is hesitant to confess her feelings. But when Zahos realizes what is going on, he will feel twenty years younger, travel with her in Europe, and on return he will find that he and the girl are not the only couple who enjoys happiness.
A lonely and embittered cab driver starts his own investigation in order to break the secret of a passenger he fell in love with.
Adena has a crush on her cute teacher, David. At her graduation ceremony she finds out that they’re going to celebrate Midsummer’s Eve at the same place, so she decides to approach him.
Everyday Sara crosses paths with Tobias on her way to the museum where she works. One morning she accepts his invitation for coffee. It will be the first of several encounters that will affect how she relates to others.
Today, after not seeing his beloved Zulen in years, Dora comes face to face with him.
A divorced advertising executive finds her career in jeopardy when she begins a passionate relationship with a much younger man.
A middle-aged woman tries to get married to her younger finance but is hindered by her four grown children who come bearing grudges.
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support - then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley's award winning autobiographical novel.
On Josh and Greg's first date, they quickly realize that the generational divide between them is the least of their worries.
Former professor of natural history, Louis Compiegne lives in retirement in a big house, with Pascal, his faithful servant. The arrival of a young American student comes to disorder the quiet life of the pensioner.