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The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.

When young Hanoi couple, Tung and Huyen, discover they are going to have a baby, it inspires two desperate quests to raise money for an abortion. While Tung looks to illegal cockfighting, Huyen resorts to prostitution with a client that results in some surprising personal realizations.

Thomas Wellmann, 55, war lange Jahre Ingenieur der Stadtwerke einer Kleinstadt. Er hatte er seine Vorgesetzen gewarnt, den Einsatz von KI im Unternehmen nicht zu überschätzen. Doch Wellmann wird entlassen, Ki soll seinen Job in Zukunft ersetzen. Prompt legt ein Blackout sein Stadtviertel lahm. Thomas hilft den Ex-Kollegen, den Schaden zu beheben. Fortan ist Thomas nicht mehr zu halten. Er will seine Familie schützen und vorsorgen. Essensvorräte in rauen Mengen, Werkzeuge, Stromaggregate, ein Landrover schafft er an. Thomas Frau Eva und Tochter Paula sind entsetzt. Die Jüngste, Jenny, selbst Klimaaktivistin, hält zu ihrem Vater. Kein Strom bedeutet kein Wasser, kein Internet, Tanken unmöglich. Wenn die Notstromaggregate ausfallen, sind die Krankenhäuser und die Kühlungen in den AKWs lahmgelegt. Jenny versucht, zu helfen - mit ungeahnten Folgen. Thomas schwingt sich unterdessen durch die fachliche Anregung von Stabsfeldwebel a.D. Leschke in ungeahnte Höhen. Leschke ist festes Mitglied der Prepper-Szene. Jetzt ist die Rede von Überlebenstraining im Wald, Bunker und Waffen zur Eigensicherung. Eva verzweifelt. Sie bekommt ihren Mann nicht mehr aufs Gleis. Als sie selbst allerdings wegen eines Stromausfalls im Aufzug stecken bleibt, stimmt sie dem Überlebenstraining im Wald zu. Familie Wellmann tritt an.

Mircea has a 15-year-old daughter whose boyfriend is invited to dine with the family. He arrives early and they go to her bedroom. While watching TV, Mircea can hear his daughter moaning from her room. The dinner starts and Mircea finds out that the boyfriend supports a different football team.

Romania, 1986: Gregor and Vali want to get away. Both need each other, yet there is mutual distrust. One night Gregor finds his doubts confirmed. In the end only hope is left.

The events of RENOVARE revolve around three personal stories: Besides her daily work, mother Doina tries to manage the renovation of the family's apartment. Her son Alex can hardly find any time for both the renovation and his girlfriend as the deadline for his Master's thesis comes close. His grandmother Flori insists to help the family although her support is not always welcome.

Three Generations silenced by a gruesome family secret and a society refusing to see reality behind closed doors. No Lullaby tells the story of the life and death fight that a mother and her daughter must lead to break the silence.

Three young people in search of dignity, justice and recognition. They are survivors of human trafficking and want the humanity back that was robbed of them. They will tell their story, they will tell it to us. We will follow them to the beginning. To the beginning of what, first and foremost, makes all of us human.

A family who emigrated to Germany, escaping from Nicolae Ceausescu's dictatorship in Romania, recalls a world without opportunities or hope for the future, of ever-present fear and a constant struggle for survival. They look back on what made them exchange their home for the promise of freedom in an uncertain future.

The presence of the moon affects all under its glow. The film explores the lunar cycle and the energies invoked by its radiance.