Berlin, November 9, 2022. Russia’s attack on Ukraine is affecting people’s private lives, as well as the atmosphere generally. Tonight, aspiring artist Fabian Kolb opens his first solo exhibition at the famous Konrad Raspe gallery. Fabian’s family are his hometown’s last surviving tie manufacturers, and they have traveled across the country especially for the event. His uncle Hermann, the ageing chief ideologue of the German parliament’s New Right faction, is contemplating how to catch the media’s attention at the launch, while Fabian’s father hopes to use his brother-in-law’s international contacts to find a way to keep exporting his ties to Russia. As the opening approaches, Fabian begins to have doubts about the compromises he’s making for the sake of international renown – especially when some of Raspe’s former staff go public with some very serious accusations against the gallery’s owner.