It's 1988 and Germany is a country still at war with its own recent history.<br /> <br />Australian expat journalist Caroline James, sexually entranced by her German lover, goes to live with him near Stuttgart.<br /> <br />But Caroline soon misses the job and London life she gave up to be with Karl, and discovers the darker side of romance with an obsessive man.<br /> <br />It also doesn't take long to realise they have little in common beyond mutual...