The film follows several interconnected stories across Europe. At a studio in Babelsberg, two German actors compete to share the most impressive tales of their Hollywood careers. In Düsseldorf, two French women living abroad compare their lives with a mixture of envy. On a construction site in North Rhine-Westphalia, a foreman informs an archaeologist that he ordered concrete without her permission. In Cologne, a recently deceased man seeks a box of his belongings from his ex-girlfriend's friend. A Dutch consultant tries to sell his services to a Bulgarian arms dealer at Brussels Airport. Finally, on a rooftop in Belgium, the owner and heir of a family workshop privately grieve the loss of their grandfather.
