Esra Laske

Leni and Paul are „all good!“, as Paul likes to emphasise. But on this evening even he realises that this is not true at all. Their new neighbours, Mariam and Ayla, who come over for dinner embody exactly what Leni and Paul have not been for one another as a couple for years. While finishing up dessert, the relationship of the perfect couple, centered on their fluffy dog Amor, unfolds.

A few meters from the UN buffer zone, Ayşegül and her best friend Adnan grow up in Lefkoşa, the Turkish-controlled half of Cyprus’s divided capital. From the rooftops, they gaze at the European south – close enough to touch and yet out of reach: as the daughter of Turkish settlers, Ayşegül cannot cross the border. She works at a supermarket and dreams of a life in France, while Adnan aspires to a career as a professional badminton player. But family expectations, Ayşegül’s engagement to her jealous ex-boyfriend, and Adnan’s military service test their friendship and plans for the future.