Election season in Germany. A right- wing party is challenging the political establishment. What’s needed now are emotional issues, the kind that move people. So it suits everyone rather well when not one but three sperm whales beach themselves on the coast of Rügen. Candidates of every political stripe try to use the story to save democracy, or at least to save themselves. Only Lava Wonder, a trainee marine biologist, genuinely cares about the animals’ welfare, so much so that at first she fails to notice her efforts are being ruthlessly exploited.