A doctor in Communist East Germany wishes to defect to be with her secret lover in the West. Driven from Berlin and forced to work in a rural hospital, she finds her escape plans threatened by her uncertain feelings for a colleague and growing suspicion that the Stasi are monitoring her actions. Drama, starring Nina Hoss and Ronald Zehrfeld. In German.

In 1980s East Germany, Berlin doctor Barbara is banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good-natured clinic head, Andre.