The touching story of a father fighting for his daughter. Peter has a daughter, but he does not have custody of her. Annika was two when he and her mother separated. Since then, every parental agreement has turned into a power struggle over the now thirteen-year-old Annika. A New Year's vacation in Sylt becomes a crucial test of love for father and daughter. The trip to the island is also a return for Peter, the sales representative, to landscapes of the past. Here, he spent the summers of his childhood while his mother worked in a bookstore in Kampen. The walks on the beach, the old church in Keitum, the lighthouse awaken memories in him. For the first time, he tries to tell his daughter about himself. He meets Susanne again, a friend from school days, now married and a mother of two children.