An emotional exploration of friendship, forgotten dreams and late beginnings
In the summer of 1989, Miriam, Hanne and Claudia meet by chance in Portugal. The three 25-year-olds become friends and have the summer of their lives. At the end they decide: No matter what happens, we’ll meet here again when we’re 50. And suddenly it’s time. Unbelievable. But travel to Portugal because of some ancient promise? They’re barely in touch anymore, and each one is stuck deep in her everyday life. Miriam has a career in market research and, with two children, a husband and au pair, her weeks are planned out down to the minute. Hanne is a single mother with four children. And Claudia runs a restaurant on the banks of the Elbe River. Yet when Hanne contacts them, pushing for the reunion, they all set off.
But this trip through Portugal turns out very differently than they expected: Confronted with their earlier plans and dreams, long-kept secrets come to light and their friendship is put to a test – and, by the end, the question is whether that summer long ago wasn’t completely different than they all remembered.
