In the mountains of Upper Bavaria Katja Baumann must take care of the estate and the animals of the old farmer Tischler who is in the hospital.Then a yuppie couple with a teenager daughter appears , because they have rented the house.They need this retirement far for Leizig because her daughter Pia is drug addict.In the night a big snowfall confines the family and Katja in the house.The couple and the daughter begin to quarrel.Katja , who was thinking in going back to her work as nurse, has to help that family to solve their problems.