Director Joseph is working through a new idea for a film and the breakup with his ex-boyfriend Marc. At the same time Sonya, the mother of his son Pino, is suffering from a depression that increasingly tears her from her life.
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The people behind it
Fabian Stumm
Joseph
Haley Louise Jones
Sonya
Jonas Dassler
Marc
Ulrica Flach
Elin
Justus Meyer
Pino
Godehard Giese
Gero
Marie-Lou Sellem
Alexandra Alexandra
Anne Haug
Sophie
Knut Berger
Dominik
Hildegard Schroedter
Conny
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Andy Goodrich's life is upended when his wife enters a rehab program, leaving him on his own with their young kids. Goodrich leans on his daughter from his first marriage, Grace, as he ultimately evolves into the father Grace never had.
A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior.
A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact.
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