约翰(汉斯·沃那·麦耶 Hans Werner Meyer 饰)和妻子在同一所学校教书,两人相恋多年,共同育有一双儿女,感情和生活都十分稳定。某天,学校里新来了一位名叫汤姆(马蒂亚斯沃尔特 Matthias Walter 饰)的老师,让约翰没有想到的是,自己的小女儿竟然迷上了这位英俊的男子。 约翰想了千方百计,好不容易说服小女儿打消了对汤姆的念头,然而,没过多久,约翰便发现,自己竟然深深地迷恋上了汤姆。随着时间的推移,约翰发现自己对于汤姆的感情并没有简单,反而愈演愈烈,内心备受折磨的他向妻子坦承了自己心中的感情,不过,他非但没有获得妻子的理解,恰恰相反,辛苦维系多年的家庭走向了濒临破碎的边缘。Jochen Wenzel, a young teacher, married with two kids, one day surprisingly falls in love with a young male colleague, Tom Leuthner and they begin an unusual affair (= "Eine aussergewöhnliche Affäre"). While Ina, Jochen's wife, worries about Jochen's distanced behavior without having a clue of her husband's affair, Jochen and Tom seriously fall for each other. Torn between his family and his new love, Jochen has to make a decision.