Paul has a foot fetish. He makes random phone calls asking women to describe their shoes. All hang up on him until he reaches Leyla, the daughter of Turkish immigrants. Fearing German xenophobia, she hasn't left her apartment in four months. At home, Paul's lonely neighbor Angie hopes he'll become her lover. At work, he's plagued by Simon, who wants his job. Simon has his own problems: his girlfriend Lara vows revenge for his infidelity. At a community cemetery, a retired librarian befriends an itinerant widower who stands on street corners protesting progress. Can Paul control his debilitating obsession and coax Leyla into a friendship in the open?—<[email protected]>