Ten-year-old Palkó has just moved home to Budapest from Berlin and observes the daily life of an ordinary Hungarian elementary school with confused amazement. Juci, the young teacher just started working there. She is the only one who understands Palkó, as in their own way, they are both suffering from the same, sometimes grotesque educational system.

After his father’s death, Tamás has no choice but to take over the family business: a mobile pet-incineration service. His apparent indifference towards both the animals and their grieving owners makes it hard for him to comfort them, even as he must confront his own loss and the complicated memory of his late father.