After struggling to appeal to their state governor, a dysfunctional family anxiously awaits the public execution of a relative. As they wait at home new of the execution, tensions and strife erupt in a dispute over the relative's innocence.

When a woman finds her purse stolen, she retraces the steps of her eventful day only to realize that the encounters, and her life as a whole, are empty and purposeless.

A boy and girl in the former region of Eastern Prussia spend their final evening together before the girl and her family leave for the city. Throughout the evening, the boy wrestles with his suppressed sexual desires, his poverty, and his dread for the girl's uncertain future.