After almost 30 years of marriage, which Johanna Welser spent as a good housewife, mother and wife at the side of her husband Ruprecht, the measure is full: Not only does the successful Hamburg architect forget his wife at the airport taxi rank when they return from a holiday trip together , he also shows no remorse and is only interested in getting an important construction project to be awarded in time. Johanna, however, refuses to accompany him to the prestigious event, instead remains seated in the taxi and lets herself be whisked off into the night by the astonished young driver Ellie Pietschek. It will be a journey into another world for her: because the chaotic Ellie quickly realizes that this high society lady desperately needs a little emotional support. So she offers Johanna temporary asylum.