The Mariana Trench

Paula is going through a deep period of mourning after her little brother Tim drowned in the sea. When she meets Helmut, an elderly grump who wants to take his ex-wife's urn to Italy, she discovers new courage to face life: together they want to travel to Trieste, to the beach where her brother died. During the adventurous journey, an unexpected friendship develops with Helmut - and a new joy of life awakens.