Is our fate predetermined by our family history Are familial conflicts passed on from one generation to another And what can be done to interrupt this vicious cycle After decades of silence the filmmaker Jonas Rothlaender travels to Zurich to seek out his grandfather Gunther who not only lost the grandmothers fortune but also misappropriated several millions from others money he then lost in risky stock market investments Gunther now 90 years old critically ill and completely impoverished is possessed by the idea to settle his debts before he dies There is one last deal he wants to close