A rural doctor is urgently summoned to attend to a gravely ill young boy. Grappling with the pressures of his profession and the demands of his household, he embarks on a tumultuous journey that forces him to confront the darker facets of human frailty, both physical and moral.

A desperate middle-aged alcoholic and a heartbroken young woman escape from a psychiatric hospital and embark on an absurd journey through the nighttime streets of Riga to save a cat and, perhaps, themselves as well.