Lilo Pempeit

Effi Briest tells of a seventeen-year-old girl who is married off by her parents to a wealthy Baron more than twice her age. Lonely and dissatisfied, she seeks solace in the companionship of her husband's friend, Major Crampas.

A transgender woman attempts to salvage her life, devastated by love, by confronting her tormented past. She seeks acceptance from former acquaintances and, crucially, from herself.