Gottlos - Warum Menschen töten

Sex, Drugs & Rock'n Roll - Plattenbau, Hartz IV and domestic violence. Lisa's (Sylta Fee Wegmann) life is full of hysterical highs and dark lows. Lisa has long since been deprived of custody of her daughter, and little Paula grows up with her grandmother (Alexandra von Schwerin). The unemployed mother and her partner Frank (Antonio Wannek) are short of money, what little they have goes on alcohol and cigarettes. Biker Frank knows only one channel for his frustration: Violence, under which especially his girlfriend has to suffer. The relationship is characterized by excesses and repression, not infrequently ends a night of drinking with black eyes, bruises or even in the hospital. Lisa does not manage to escape the vicious circle, she can neither live with nor without Frank.

A well-tended garden, friendly neighbors and a small house in a new housing estate on the outskirts of Berlin. Police officer Joachim (Matthias Koeberlin) lives in this idyll with his wife Olivia (Jule Ronstedt) and son Carsten (Leopold Schill). But appearances are deceptive, for the marriage is at an end, and the relationship between Joachim and Olivia has long since grown cool and distant. A career woman from head to toe, Olivia rarely takes time out of work for her husband and their son. While she sees herself as the family's breadwinner, Olivia only has a weary smile for Joachim's career planning. In her eyes, his work as a police officer is nothing more than a small pastime, and his upcoming exam to become a chief inspector is not worth mentioning. Joachim looks for emotional support from her in vain.

"No one is happier than we are": This is the credo of housewife and mother Anna Rückert (Sabine Vitua), who seems to lead the idyllic life of a picture-perfect family with her husband Holger (Ralph Herforth) and their two sons Torben (Johannes Franke) and Rainer (François Goeske). But not all family members feel the same way: The rebellious Torben and his strict father clash again and again. As a great advocate of virtues such as order, punctuality and manners, the teacher is always anxious to raise his son to be a responsible young adult. However, Torben's relationship with his best friend Bernd (Til Schindler), which seems more than just platonic to Holger, does not fit into his image of the perfect family.