At the center of this coming-of-age comedy is 19-year-old high school graduate Charlie, whose greatest dream is to become an actress. Standing at just 1.30 meters tall, she certainly stands out, but her height plays no role in her ambitions. She’s supported by her mother, Silke, who runs a small tailoring shop.

A young woman. Young skin, old stare, messy hair and an outsized parka. She has been living in a psychiatry for the last two years. After being released, she tries a restart as a journalist alongside her best friend Jonathan.

The Film Unruhr is based on a young girl named Maila, who enjoys spending most of her time in her own mind-palace. She passionately loves the element of water and always has a snow globe alongside her, which contains a wax-model of a mermaid. A present of her beloved, deceased father. Because of a car accident Maila and her mother end up at an abandoned Camping site at the shore of the river Ruhr....