A love in the shadow of war. The Berliner Rosie travels to Lebanon, full of hope for a new life. She falls in love with the Syrian Daoud, but he is afraid of love. Rafik, who wants to become a fashion designer, loves them both. And Zahra, the sociologist, has long given up on love. The four meet in Beirut, the "Paris of the East." It is a city on the edge of the world's wars. They search for a place where they can live their dreams, yet they are actually just fleeing from the hopelessness in Syria and the empty promises of Berlin. None of them can master the behaviors of coldness. Will they survive nonetheless?.