Halberstadt, the summer of 1990 Maren, Robert, and Volker come across millions of East German marks in an old tunnel. Although the money is technically worthless, the three friends smuggle it out in their backpacks and involve their neighbors in a clever scheme to cheat capitalism by exchanging it for goods.
Dating expert Chelsey is determined to break her so-called “curse” of always getting dumped during the holiday season. But when fate reunites her with a former flame from high school, she wonders if her bad luck might just be the universe’s way of leading