Verlorene is a 2018 German drama film centered on eighteen-year-old Maria, who has quietly taken on the submissive maternal role in her household following her mother's untimely death. Living in a conservative southern German village, Maria sacrifices her own dreams to protect her rebellious sixteen-year-old sister, Hannah, and appease their volatile father, Johann. The family's fragile dynamic faces disruption when Valentin, a young traveling carpenter, arrives for work and sparks a deep, mutual romantic affection with Maria. However, Maria repeatedly pulls away from Valentin's genuine advances to safeguard a dark household trauma: she is trapped in an ongoing incestuous cycle of sexual abuse perpetrated by her own father. Once the headstrong Hannah uncovers the horrifying truth, she resolves to dismantle the toxic dependency and rescue her sister from their father's control, even if it means forcing Maria into a painful confrontation against her will.