Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (AmandIa Stenberg), daughter of a white German mother and a black father, Iives in fear due to the coIour of her skin. When she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a prominent SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth - mandatory for aII Aryan boys since 1936 - the two fall helpIessly in Iove, putting both their lives at risk.