"Summer, sun, sandy beaches and sex ? everything you need to feel just like in paradise. And that's exactly what Elisa, Richie and Florian are looking for. They've left the cold and grey North behind them to have fun on a sunny island. Elisa: rich, spoiled and escaping her father's conservative concepts of morality. Richie: a loafer who knows that behind every woman there is a warm meal. Florian: sensitive, nice and helpful, the sort of men not only women feel attracted to.

But even in paradise there are dark places where the sun does not shine, where you can lose your bearings or fall in love without wanting to admit it... Places where you realise that you haven't left the cold and grey North because it is inside you...

Things get worse on the island for Elisa when her wealthy father cuts off her money supply and even sends out her younger sister Clara to take her home. She stubbornly decides to take charge of her life herself. But she already fails in finding a job. When she meets Richie, the tide turns at first. She falls in love with the charming barkeeper dreaming of making easy money with beach parties...

After a couple of painful attempts to do the right thing Elisa gets lost an emotional downward spiral turning endlessly. Florian and his village buddy Daniel get to the island with only little more than an old Audi 100 and without further ado they start seeking contact with the opposite sex. The reach their goal suprisingly quickly. But for Florian the sexual encounters take a catastrophical course. Only when he falls in love with the islander Marcel against his will he begins to understand... He takes his chance to flee from his old life to make a fresh start with Marcel."

Rolf S. Wolkenstein studied at the Deutschen Film- und Fernsehakademie from 1982 ? 1986. He lives and works in Berlin. Selections from his last films are ? Fernsehzauber? (documentary, 1999), Max Herre (documentary, 2004) and his feature debut ?Lauf der Dinge?, 2006.