As if it were a thought, suddenly a lioness enters the living room through the open terrace door. Paula, who has inherited a house in the countryside from her aunt, finds interesting documents among her aunt's belongings. Olga is expecting triplets and shares this news with her family during dinner. A man visits the house where he was able to hide while fleeing from the Nazis. An artist, who specializes in angel motifs, is affectionately given a somewhat ambiguous name by the residents of her village. An exhibition at the art house is attended, where the focus is not on seeing, but on touching. On Tuesday afternoon, a short tram ride turns out to be anything but enjoyable. A hippopotamus emerges from the pond in the city park, as if it belongs there. Gustav encounters an old woman who tells him about angels. Mr. Marian left his family without a goodbye and has now unexpectedly returned. A homeless man is visited by two boys and explains to them that the time of the blowflies is now over. MM meets a man in a bar who tells him that his job is counting shooting stars, and he is also Death. Friede Graf gets to know a man better among the city street musicians. Milli lights a candle in the window every evening for her husband, who left her twenty years ago. Two women meet by the stream. One remembers the birth of her child, whom she sacrificed for the regime's ideals. Mariechen, who was starved in a mental institution, is also remembered. And lyrical thoughts.