女会计师耶拉(Nina Hoss 尼娜·霍斯 饰)遭遇生活危机,与具有暴力倾向的丈夫本(Hinnerk Schönemann 饰)离婚后,她在汉诺威阿尔法飞机厂找到一份新工作。在启程的当天,渴望赢回前妻的本上门纠缠,坚持送耶拉前往火车站。路上,两人发生激烈争吵,激动的本撞断桥栏,将车开进河里。 爬上岸的耶拉不顾湿淋淋的身子和身边的本,拎着包向火车站跑去。然而时运不济,当初介绍她进入公司的主管被开除,耶拉的工作再次没有着落。偶然的机缘,耶拉结识风险投资经理人菲利普(Devid Striesow 饰),她的人生开始出现转机…… 本片荣获2007年柏林国际电影节最佳女主角奖。Christian Petzold's drama deals with a woman, who leaves her hometown for a promising job and a new life, but is haunted by the truths of the past. As her marriage to Ben broke and her professional career has no future in her native town in the Eastern part of Germany, Yella has decided to search for a job in the West. When she gets to know Philipp, a smart executive at a private equity company in Hanover, she becomes his assistant and gets involved into the world of ruthless and big business. Realizing her dreams could come true with Philipp's help, she starts hearing voices and sounds from her past, which menace her new and better life...