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Pianist Lucy moves to the countryside with her family to help her husband recover from burnout. Then, one morning, the police arrive and arrest him. What she learns forces her to question everything she thought she knew about the man she married. Yet knowing the truth does not make her love disappear. As Lucy struggles to reconcile the two, she must find a way to protect their son.

They fall in love in a seaside town and have a son. But the sea keeps pulling Asle away, and Gerd is more and more often left alone with the child. The distance between them grows in silences and glances.

He records one of the most famous jazz albums of 1961, and a few days later learns that a musician friend has died in a car crash. Bill stops performing and leaves New York, running from heroin and difficult relationships.

Countess Báthory returns to Vienna, her aristocratic grandeur and thirst for blood undiminished. But even her own family harbours a rebel: her vegetarian nephew is in therapy and dreams of becoming mortal. The Countess has other plans. With her devoted maid Hermine, she hunts for a book that could destroy the vampire world, determined to destroy it first. For her, eternal life also means holding on to power.

He arrives alone and, high up among the trees, finds a patch of barren land. The soil wears him down but also gives him hope. Quiet, strong Inger joins him, and the farm becomes a home — until change reaches their remote world.

At a cleaning company she balances the team, the clients and the bosses so that everyone stays satisfied. But when the firm risks losing an important contract, Heike has to fire a good colleague whom everyone likes.

A butcher’s daughter, Jeanne dreams of becoming a countess. In a society where birth determines opportunity, she relies on determination, self-belief and a little luck. But winning the title is only part of her story. Love affairs and the upheavals of the twentieth century reshape her idea of the life she wants: rising through the ranks does not necessarily mean taking charge of her own destiny.