»We could smuggle, steal, deal drugs, murder, break in to houses, blackmail and kidnap as often as we pleased, nobody would ever suspect us. Nobody would be able to provide the police with our description, because it has been years since anyone has really looked at us. We, the grey brigade, are the invisible ghost army of the nation.« It is unladylike thoughts such as these that run through the mind of 73-year-old Lore. In her old age, she lives with her best friend Anneliese. They have known each other since they were ten, but now they have moved even closer together: a two-woman household. Lore's husband has started a relationship with a younger woman, while Anneliese's has unfortunately passed away. Together the two ladies hang on to their old memories. Just when it appears that their new life is getting off to a gentle and demure start, along comes Ewald, Anneliese's childhood sweetheart, whom they both met long ago at dancing lessons. Naturally, he has not spent his life alone either. In fact, he is a somewhat more lively than his two old girlfriends would like. With her familiar humour, Ingrid Noll depicts the kind of surprises that the last period of life has to offer. The age of hair-buns and humility is over – now seniors run around in their sneakers. And if their own children don't take care of them, they take in a couple of students...