An old bachelor in a studio apartment wakes up from his chair. The TV is on, but only static is visible. While switching channels, where nothing is being broadcast, he finds a station where a man is reading from a book. What starts as innocent reading to help him sleep peacefully turns into a nightmare.

The story begins in 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, few years before the end of Communist era. The band Pražský výběr (Prague's selection) has just received the news thier 5-year ban has expired and they are alowed to perform once again. This half fantasy half document about the band would draw the atmosphere of middle european late Communist era and the eufory of it's end.