Mark Waschke

A family attempts to escape from the impact zone of an asteroid that is due to hit Earth in eight days.

In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good natured clinic head, Andre. Instead, Barbara snatches moments with her lover as she secretly prepares to defect one day. Despite her plans, Barbara learns more about her life that puts her desires and the people around her in a new light. With her changing perspective, Barbara finds herself facing a painful moral dilemma that forces her to choose what she values.

The Israeli basketball coach Max Stoller is a national hero, which quickly turned into a traitor of his country men's eyes, when he chose to train the west German national team. For Max, the situation is double-edged: he is of German origin, but argue that it is just a job anywhere. How long can he escape from his past?