里查德是一位勤奋踏实的老司机，几十年的工作使他习惯了忙碌的生活，退休了反而不适应。他对突然到来的闲暇感到手足无措，甚至不敢向儿子承认自己已经退休的事实。渐渐地，人们发现他的记忆出现了问题，连妻子早已去世都记不起来了。但是里查德却不愿意承认自己患病，他拒绝接受检查和治疗，经常把家里弄得一团糟，还对儿子约翰、儿媳安雅乱发脾气，这给约翰一家的生活带来了很多不便。他们打算将里查德送进疗养院，然而父亲无助的眼神却使约翰下不了狠心。安雅无法忍受家中的烦乱回到娘家，无可奈何的约翰心中一片茫然……

Jochen's life is going well. He has just moved into a new house with his wife and child when suddenly his widowed father accidentally runs into a car and begins to lose his mind. The family take the old man in but tensions arise when the family has to grapple with the old father's worsening Alzheimer's condition.

Jochen nimmt seinen an Alzheimer erkrankten Vater Richard zu sich ins gerade bezogene Eigenheim, was für die Familie bald zu einer Zerreißprobe wird.