The once celebrated film director Jakob believes he has lost everything. His career is over, his last relationship was over ten years ago, he feels old, his body is weak and his head is without ideas. There is nothing to celebrate, he announces on the morning of his fiftieth birthday. But his best friend Ellen disagrees. And she sends him on a journey through his past. The festival is a book from the middle of life. Lucy Fricke tells of losses, forgiveness and friendships, without which we would not be who we are. With deep melancholy and unwavering comedy, a man looks back on his life, which is just beginning.