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個性嚴肅專門研究大屠殺的歷史學者托托，當他新任老闆計畫將一場紀念奧斯威辛（集中營）的學術會議，變成招攬贊助的公關盛宴時，簡直把他氣炸了。因為言行火爆，托托慘遭降職。但更讓他難以忍受的是，老闆還將剛來德國、自以為浪漫幽默的法國實習女生莎琪，指定交由他來帶…。在古怪靈精的莎琪幫助下，托托重新將注意力投注到了工作上。然而，莎琪來德國其實另有目的，而這竟攸關托托的家族秘密。究竟表面老愛搞笑的莎琪所為何來？托托的家族又有什麼不可告人的秘密？當愛苗悄悄在兩人心中滋長，他們這份並肩砥礪、相濡以沫的愛情，卻得面對歷史的考驗…。

A renownend German Holocaust researcher, the grandson of a Nazi war criminal, is struggling with his family history, his career and his hatred of people in general. At the height of his personal crisis, he encounters a passionate, manic French Jewish. Her remarkably frank and unconventional manner turns his whole life upside down and helps him finally break down the barriers he has built around his life.