The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic.

The story is set in 1968, when a Romanian-German family from the city of Arad starts a journey to the German Democratic Republic, where the older son, Mihai, hopes that surgical intervention for his ailing father will restore the family's harmony. Accompanied by Emil, the younger brother, they will be caught in the aftermath of the Prague Spring, which will alter their plans.—Anonymous

THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD is a moving story and it plays in a turbulent year - in 1968. With the "Prague Spring" setting the scene for the film in which a German family from Arad (Romania) - two unequal brothers and their father - start a journey towards the GDR. There the older brother hopes for a surgery of the weary father to restore the family harmony again. But after they cross the East-German boarder their way back is closed by Soviet tanks moving into the CSSR. Suddenly the family finds itself in West-Germany and our protagonists are faced with an universal question: How much sacrifices do you accept to reunite with your family?