The film describes the everyday life of fishmonger Teddy Schu. In order to keep himself and his wife Jaqueline afloat, he also has to work for the agency Señora Fuck under the name Rodriguez Faszanatas as a man for certain hours as well as a newspaper delivery man in the early morning hours. In the evenings, he sometimes meets with a homeless man without a name, who has lost his memory, under a bridge and philosophizes about the hopelessness of everyday life.

In this story set at a seaside fishing village and inspired by a Charles Kingsley poem, a young couple's happy life is turned about by an accident. The husband, although saved from drowning, loses his memory. A child is on the way, and soon a daughter is born to his wife. We watch the passage of time, as his daughter matures and his wife ages. The daughter becomes a lovely young woman, herself ready for marriage. One day on the beach, the familiarity of the sea and the surroundings triggers a return of her father's memory, and we are reminded that although people age and change, the sea and the ways of the fisherfolk remain eternal.

Loan of the film print with kind support of Metropolis Archiv - Kinemathek Hamburg.