Philipp, a German burglar, catches the eye of Luca while vacationing on the Greek island of Rhodes; when Luca witnesses something that he's not supposed to see, Philipp sets a trap to ensure that there are no loose ends.

Philipp returns to Germany and begins an affair with Deniz, an employee at the hotel where he is staying; his superiors discover that he did not dispatch with Luca, as intended, the hunter becomes the hunted.

While hiding in an abandoned guest house far outside the city, Philipp encounters a mysterious wild boar hunter named Willi; the two get closer to one another, Philipp begins to suspect that Willi may know more than he's saying.

Lovesick, Deniz tracks down Philipp and comes to see him in hiding; Deniz starts learning to shoot.

Philipp goes swimming one morning, unaware that the one of the gangsters who has been looking for him is following dangerously close behind.