Po dolgem zimskem spanju so prebivalci malega gozda soočeni z grozljivim dejstvom, da so ljudje njihovo domovanje obdali z visoko živo mejo. Odrešilno roko ponudi prebrisani prišlek, rakun RJ, ki natančno ve, kako preživeti v okolici človeka, toda prilagajanje, se izkaže za zelo zahtevno nalogo.

Zgodba se dogaja v 50. letih prejšnjega stoletja. Alice in Jack živita v utopični in idealizirani skupnosti Victory, eksperimentalnem mestu istoimenskega podjetja, skupaj z ostalimi možmi, ki delajo za strogo zaupni projekt in njihovimi družinami. Alice se kmalu zave, da glamurozno podjetje, ki je ustvarilo skupnost skriva zlovešče skrivnosti, zato si ne more pomagati, da se ne vpraša, kaj točno počneta v Victoryju in zakaj.

A low-class antisocial family ends up in a rich upper-class neighborhood and causes all sorts of trouble.

Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.

Something terrible is about to happen in a small town in Germany. Nobody knows the reason why, except one person: Rico Bartsch. The 15-year old grammar school pupil, an absolute outsider, is in love with the most beautiful girl at his school. What in the beginning is a longing that can never be fulfilled will come true at the end of the story. Beautiful Regine will beg for Rico’s love. Until then several inhabitants of the town will die an unnatural death...