Christmas is approaching and with it the desire for harmony beauty light and hope. Unable to cope with her parents' conflict 16-year-old Alex makes a radical decision; the next day she finds herself in the adolescent psychiatric emergency unit. There she meets three other young people: 17-year-old Lara striking daughter of an academic family who's having acid flashbacks; shy 16-year-old Fedja who is being bullied at school; and violent 17-year-old Timo who has just been moved from the closed ward. Under the care of 38-year-old psychiatrist Dr. Wolff they will spend a Christmas together that none of them will ever forget.