Alex, 43 ans, est dépanneur automobile dans le garage que dirige d'une main de fer sa mè(👲)re. Un jour, il dépanne une jeune femme et passe la nuit chez elle, mais au petit matin elle a disparu lui laissant sur les bras trois enfants.
The Focusing Effect is a faux-documentary/horror film about three film students who make a doc about breakups, only to push one of their subjects too far.
After years Toni and Rosa meet again in their old home village in southern Germany. While the village itself has to adapt to the changes of the future, the two women develop an explosive relationship until they reach a point, where both have to make a decision.