The history of famous Czech circus families is well known. However, even circus families are affected by the changing times, and so when Ferdinand, the father and ringmaster, bitterly complains that circuses used to stick together like a family, but today a family that sticks together is like a circus attraction, everyone has to think about how to save the international circus festival and, in fact, Circus Maximum itself.

Kuba, the son of a drug-addicted single mother, has just turned 14. Kuba has been thrust into the role of caretaker, but it's not a role he's really prepared for. He reaches out to Lucie, a children's social worker, who takes a personal interest in her charges.

A little girl who, like Alice in Wonderland, wanders through the landscape of her childhood as if through an enchanted labyrinth, observing and recording the world.