Christian Aellig (37), a successful lawyer in Bern, returns to his native “Oeschenen” for the funeral of his mother. He finds the small village in a state of intense agitation because rumor has it that his mother - a long time patient with an incurable disease - was killed by her husband, Peter Aellig (63). After a difficult reunion with his father, with whom he had broken by leaving "Oeschenen" at the age of twenty, Christian agrees to defend the old man in court. The village people regard Christian, the man from the city, with suspicion. An encounter with Julia (36), his girlfriend from the old days, who is now married to his best childhood friend, Adrian Muenger (37), forces Christian to confront his past, a confrontation will change his life. As the story progresses, Christian wades deeper and deeper into the dark mystery that lurks behind the façade of the peaceful village of 500 inhabitants. And in the end everything is different than it seems...