After her daughter's murderer is released early from prison, troubled police officer Luise Berg careens toward catastrophe.

A twisted psychological thriller, Two Sides of the Abyss follows police officer Luise Berg (Anne Ratte-Polle) as she careens toward catastrophe when her daughter's murderer Dennis Opitz (Anton Dreger) is released early from prison. Convinced that he's the connection between a string of seemingly unrelated murders, Luise investigates Dennis' dark past. She discovers that the young man who seems to be a model member of society is on a quest for revenge - placing Luise and her estranged daughter Josi (Lea van Acken) at the center of his perfidious plan. Soon, Dennis and Luise become embroiled in a complex cat-and-mouse game that blurs and challenges the boundaries of guilt and innocence, perpetrators and victims, and law and justice.