Viola and Faraz don't need a marriage certificate to be a happy couple. Nor do religion, tradition or family play a special role in their relationship life. However, that changes suddenly with the birth of their first child. Now Faraz's parents Masud and Anoushe, who come from Iran, are reflecting on their roots and expressly wish for the ancestor to be circumcised based on their Muslim beliefs. Your grandson is a Muslim - but that is by no means an option for the Helmrichs. For the assertive Patriarch Holger and his wife Beatrice, it is of course not about tolerance, but only about the Catholic family tradition - so baptisms must take place. The stubbornness of their families soon throws the young couple from one dilemma to another - precisely because religion is initially not important to them. Completely unprepared, they now have to deal with their own identities - and what they fight out of them or what they want to throw overboard. This puts their relationship to an unexpected test, because there is not a painless compromise for everything.
—ARD Das Erste