In director Maren Ade's complex drama about gender roles, power and desire, Chris (Lars Eidinger) and Gitti (Birgit Minichmayr) find their relationship tested when a brief encounter with a seemingly perfect couple prompts Chris to emulate the other man's dominance. Gitti is game for the role-playing experiment, until submission gives way to suffocation. Will both partners feel their true selves slip away?