Eckart takes up his new job in community service: a workshop for the disabled. Ulrike works there; she's about his age, pretty, vibrant of personality--and mentally disabled. She is in love with Mr. Porzig, the macho 45-year-old head of the workshop's metal department. To keep Ulrike from incessantly running to Porzig, her foot is tied to her chair, and the chair to the table, with a scarf. Eckart's first step of action: he unties Ulrike, liberating her. A love story unfolds, from the turbulent, even explosive advances over the finally-reached, comforting intimacy, to the catastrophic turn. In summary, a totally normal love story. Normal!? There is no "normal".