Helbra observes the struggle of three men against their heroin addiction. All three live in a small village in Mansfelder Land, where the director of the film also comes from. The region once lived from mining, but since the closure of the smelter in 1990, lack of work and prospects have made the young generation prone to drug use. In addition to its depiction of this phenomenon, the film is also an affectionate portrait of an East German village and its inhabitants.