It premiered in competition at the 56th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2006 and was awarded two prizes: Jürgen Vogel received a Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution[1] and director Matthias Glasner received the Prize of the Guild of German Art House Cinemas.

The frustrated kitchen helper Theo Stoer raped a young cyclist on the Baltic coast.

In order to let off steam, Theo does strength training and a martial arts; he satisfies his sexual needs through masturbation.

In everyday life, Theo finds it difficult on the one hand to control himself and to approach people.

One day Theo meets Nettie, the distraught daughter of the widowed print shop owner.

After her work Theo picks up Nettie and goes with her to a church, where he has prepared a surprise for her: the organ plays and a soprano sings the song "Ave Maria", which was on the radio the night before.

While Theo has to deal with his desire for women, Nettie has been fighting against the psychological attacks of her own father for years.

When he was sitting in a hotel bar, she had the receptionist give her the room key “as a friend” and discovered that he had already laid razor blades ready for a suicide attempt in the full bathtub.

She finds him on the beach at night and can't prevent him from slitting his wrists there in her presence.