The divorced Catherine Remming lives in an Alpine village in Bavaria. One day she receives from her son Hans, who is in Berlin architecture student, the message that he wants to marry soon Nicki. As Catherine Nicki has never seen and assuming that it is a female name, it also falls from the clouds, as a man who turns out to Nicki. So far, she has dealt with has never been homosexual, and therefore do not know how they should react. Without further ado, they set Nicki and Hans out the door.