Ferentari is the name of a slum in Bucharest. The early confrontation with struggle, brutalization, manipulation and violence drives many of the women growing up there into prostitution. On their journeys through European whorehouses they meet thousands of men, change places every two to three weeks, cannot make any connections and earn good money. The film begins with the conviction of a Romanian who, out of greed and under the influence of alcohol, abused and strangled his 19-year-old cousin, the prostitute Aurelia Rubin (Anne-Marie Waldeck). For Leitmayr (Udo Wachtveitl), who led the investigations five months ago, this is one case among many - milieu. The perp totally drunk, a quick confession, done.
Batic (Miroslav Nemec) had held back from investigating because he had a childhood friendship with the brothel operator Harry Schneider (Robert Palfrader), where Aurelia was supposed to work. But the total indifference of the defendant irritated him. Back in the office, he asks again for the file of the convicted Romanian. Why? Because in all his years of service he has never experienced "that someone confesses within 30 minutes of being arrested and then during the whole time not once tries to plead his guilt by even that much (2 millimeters) Shortly thereafter, the two inspectors have a bitter realization that they have neglected the case and shot one buck after the other .
Now they know that the dead Aurelia was out with another prostitute, Mia Petrescu (Mercedes Müller), on the evening of the crime. This girl has disappeared without a trace since that night five months ago. When they question Schneider, he is absolutely direct. Aurelia was reported missing by him the very next day. Schneider simply explains that he didn't report Mia, who didn't come back after the evening, as missing: "Hookers come and hookers go.
What do we have? We have seven houses and between 350 and 400 women go through them every year, so I can't possibly know everyone by name, please!" The fact that Aurelia's disappearance was reported and Mia's was not, is only the first indication that the convicted cousin presumably bought by Aurelia to cover up a crime that has a much deeper abyss. What happened the night Aurelia died and Mia disappeared? How are Schneider and his henchman Siggi (Andreas Lust) involved and what is the role of Benny (Max von der Groeben), the 22-year-old driver of a laundry who had a naked girl run into his car the night Aurelia died? An anniversary crime scene with a case where the police should have stayed out of it