Stella's beloved dog Frida has been sold. In a neighborhood where people have withdrawn into their cocoons, Stella must emerge from hers and take up a bizarre job if she wants to get Frida back.

Sonja lives a lonely life as a fishmonger, more at ease with her fish than her customers, until one day a delivery man turns up who looks like a rainbow trout.

One cold winters evening, a serious woman is forced to lighten up when her mind jumps out of her head.