Julia, une graphiste passionnée par son métier, s'apprête à épouser Adam quand elle apprend le décès de Michel, son père, avec qui elle entretenait des relations plutôt distantes. Le lendemain des funérailles, trois livreurs lui apportent la dernière surprise que lui a réservée son père: un androïde qui est une copie conforme de lui-même.

Michel et Julia sont à Bruges. Dans la foule, la jeune femme croit reconnaître Christian, le fidèle assistant personnel de son père. Julia se remémore son grand amour de jeunesse, Tomas, qu'elle avait rencontré à Berlin au moment de la chute du Mur. Leur idylle avait à l'époque été brusquement interrompue par l'intervention de Michel.

Adam, furious, is convinced that Julia is in Bruges with a lover. For their part, Julia and Michel take advantage of these few days together to get closer than ever. After arriving in Berlin, they set off in search of Tomas.

While Julia searches for him in Berlin, Tomas is in Madrid; he is still a journalist and works with his friend Jürgen Knapp for a Berlin-based newspaper; he is about to go on a trip to Africa.

Julia manages to meet Knapp at a gala; cornered, he lies by claiming that Tomas lives in Madrid with his wife and that they run a restaurant; annoyed, Julia is ready to leave Berlin.

Having learned that Knapp had lied to her, Julia returns to see him; Knapp claims she had broken the heart of Tomas in 1991 by not answering his letter, except that she had never received it.

Julia wants to leave Berlin, but her father persuades her to continue looking for Tomas; the latter learns from Knapp that Julia is looking for him; at the place of their first meeting, the former lovers finally meet again.

Back in Paris, Julia does not know what to do with Adam; the latter arrives at her home and makes a startling discovery.