A young man lives a lonely existence together with a mother whose only interest is watching programmes about animals. He finds the surrounding emptiness so traumatising that he decides to change his life.

A business executive lays off hundreds of harbor workers after they go on strike. He and his wife plan to escape the stress by taking an Italian vacation. On the evening before the trip, one of the fired workers, dressed in an orange harbor worker safety jacket, slips into their home. Although his immediate actions reveal a murderous intent, revenge is only the initial step.