Lea starts a job as a cashier in a big supermarket chain. During the adaptation and learning process, and under a layer of apparent normalcy, she is gradually confronted with the insensitivity to which her coworkers, all women, are subject in the name of efficiency and productivity.

Max, a witty and brave 12-year-old, feels like he has two families instead of one. In and after school, he spends all his time with his two best friends Tom and Vivian, who are always there to make life easier for each other. Together, they are The Fantastic Three. His real family on the other hand, is messy, with a depressed single mother and a brother in jail.