In his family's picturesque patrician estate near Hamburg, successful business attorney André von Nauenstedt lives happily with his staff-spoiled, lazy, barely maternal wife Stefanie 'Nina' von Nauenstedt and their doted pre-teen son Philip. Yet Andre, whom she finds somewhat boring and 'too perfect', was Nina's breadwinner second choice over his hedonistic, unreliable brother David, who left the for a life of adventure in Caribbean. After seven years, David returns without fortune and Nina realizes after André lets him move into the guesthouse she still desires him as the better lover, practicing winning her back as his customary womanizing sport. Andre soon realizes neither is loyal, naive attempts to keep Nina shattering, and considers his marriage a lost cause, .ignoring Nina expects heir second baby.