Robert Seethaler tells the story of Franz, Freud, and Anezka in Vienna in the 30's. Austria 1937: The 17-year-old Franz Huchel leaves his home village to go to Vienna as an apprentice in a tobacco shop. There he met one day Sigmund Freud and is immediately intrigued by its appearance. In the course of time, an unlikely friendship develops between the two different men. When Franz falls in love shortly thereafter, he seeks advice from Professor Freud. However, it is quickly discovered that the world-renowned psychoanalyst doesn't have the first clue about the mysteries of the female sex.