Caterina Schöllack runs a dance school in Berlin in 1956. It is her goal to get her three daughters the best possible gift, and the young women are kept on a tight leash. The three sisters are doing their best to live up to the mother's expectations and future stifling conventions. It is not without costs and one sister discovers rock'n'roll, she finds also the courage to rebel and try to find her own way in life.