This is the debut feature fillm by german director Roland Klick who made classics like SUPERMARKET and DEADLOCK.
In this debut Roland Klick is searching for the heart and ache of german society in portraying a middle class family in the 60's
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas (André Hennicke) meets Leyla (Nina Hoss), a younger cold reserved pretty blonde, in a suburban swimming-pool. Thomas falls in love with her and, after their paths keep crossing, he picks up the courage to ask her out for a date.