Leopold and his young wife want to be different from their bourgeois neighbours in Lower Bavaria. They invite the Vietnamese refugee family Hung to tea and meals at their house, give them warm winter clothing and a pair of new shoes for Mrs Hung. Only a few days later, however, they are obliged to capitulate in the face of the cultural differences which appear to be insuperable despite all good intentions. He is newly divorced and is trying to work through the pain of being separated from his children at a course of therapy in Tuscany. She is there to moan about her children getting on her nerves and her longing to return to her career as a civil engineer. Together, they abandon the therapy-zoo for a few hours... Charlotte wants to start working again and tries to find a nanny to look after her small daughter. Not, of course, just any nanny, but »a babysitter who respects me, leaves me in peace and is always available«. Naturally, she will also have to learn quickly about »healthy feeding« and »fear-free education«, and she must also have a good karma. Anita, a young girl from Eastern Germany who only came to the West two weeks previously, gets the job: Good karma from Zschopau – and its consequences...