Young nurse Sissi lives a secluded life, seemingly entirely devoted to her patients at Birkenhof asylum. Her first encounter with ex-soldier and drifter Bodo has a lasting impact. He causes an accident that results in her lying under a truck, unable to breathe. While he provides life-saving first aid, mesmerized Sissi begins to wonder whether he may be the man of her dreams. But when she tracks him down weeks later her affection is rejected, as Bodo is stuck somewhere between a traumatic past and a criminal future. 很别致的电影。 西西（弗兰卡·波坦特 Franka Potente 饰）是一名性格十分内向，少言寡语的护士。虽然个性羞怯，但西西十分懂得如何照顾旁人，总是将她的耐心和爱心分享给周遭的朋友们，因此每个人都很喜欢这个可爱文静的姑娘。 一场意外中，小偷波多（本诺·福尔曼 Benno Fuehrmann 饰）驾车逃跑不巧撞到了正在过马路的西西，西西陷入了昏迷之中，性命垂危。在这个节骨眼上，是罪魁祸首波多果断而又机智的挽回了西西的性命，将她送进了医院。对于波多来说，西西只是他惊险刺激的人生里的一场小小的意外，可对于西西而言，她和波多的相遇犹如命中注定。康复后的西西踏上了寻找波多的旅途。
