Doina, a Romanian student in China, wants to make it back to Bucharest in time for New Year's Eve after a long time away from home.

Alex, in his mid-thirties, is a quite neurotic character. When his mother is hospitalized with a stroke, the caring son's life gets out of track. At the hospital he finds himself in a burlesque kind of human zoo full of unexpected characters and surprising events. Trying to manage the situation in between everybody's advice, he's coming hypochondriac. While his mother seems to feel perfectly fine Alex is making his own set of mistakes - throughout with best intentions.

At the dinner table one night, a close-knit Romanian family is upset by a startling revelation.

A taciturn Romanian divorcee acquires a hunting rifle and initiates a killing spree.