The film, situated in the 1990s post-Communist Slovakia, tells a story of a working-class man Lacko, who becomes disabled due to being attacked by mafia thugs.

Laco, a museum caretaker with a short fuse, kicks off the film with a fit of rage, tossing his son's noisy cassette player out the window.

In an attempt to make amends with his son and wife, who's tired of his outbursts, Laco gets tangled up with the mafia while trying to replace the cassette player.

The corrupt mayor, who stole the cap of Slovak national hero Milan Rastislav Štefánik from the museum, gets involved in the scheme.

Gradually, the pieces of the puzzle fall into place, revealing Gabo's motive for his elaborate storytelling: to prove his friend's innocence.