A longing for tomorrow

The RUHRPOTT-SAGA finale Ruhrpott, 1968: flower power, student movement, labour struggle. When Bärbel returns to her hometown of Essen after studying medicine, the rifts in society are also reflected in her own family: her sister and brother-in-law are struggling with private and professional difficulties for which there seems to be no solution, and her brother is putting his future at risk with political actions. But Bärbel herself faces the biggest problem when she sees again the man she once thought was the love of her life ...