Jos Bakker, a Dutch painter living in Berlin, is on a crossroad in his life. He needs to make a decision, either hold on to his freedom and his unattached way of life, or settle down and create a family with the woman he loves.

The film follows a backpack on a journey around the world, intersecting the lives of dozens of fascinating characters along the way. The story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs.