Can a couple at the threshold of middle age suddenly break all their ties to their home and country and emigrate to a distant continent? That is the issue facing Micha and Sabine when Micha's carpentry workshop is stuck in the red, the eldest boy cannot find a traineeship and Sabine cannot work as a nurse without spending her entire salary on daycare for the youngest child. A friend tells them about the good life in Costa Rica - and triggers an avalanche of new problems, plans and hopes …