A recent college graduate on her first teaching assignment finds her
initial optimism quickly dashed due to the indifference of her students
and the bitter cynicism of her fellow educators. Melanie (Eva Löbau) is a
fresh-faced teacher who's eager to get in the classroom and share her
enthusiasm for learning, but in order to get her career off the ground
she'll first have to leave all of her loved ones in the country and
establish herself in the city. Despite being exceptionally well-read on
all the latest educational theory, however, Melanie quickly finds
herself caught up in a hopeless wave of loneliness after arriving at the
high school and getting a harsh dose of reality; not only are her
students more unruly than she could have ever imagined, but the
worn-down staffers seem intent on ensuring that she is dragged directly
down to their level of misery and general malaise. Later, Melanie
attempts to strike up a relationship with her neighbor Tina (Daniela
Holtz), only to find herself unable to abide by the strict social codes
of her strange new surroundings.
