The action starts in Tirana in 1997, just after the infamous collapse of the pyramid scheme. Niku is a 23-year-old without much purpose in life. He scrapes together an income doing odd jobs with a decrepit truck, which he has a strange attachment to, as it was given to him by his father. Despite the repeated nagging of his parents, he doesn't seem to have any real drive to find a steady job. His girlfriend, Klara, is rather different and only sees a viable future outside Albania. This point of view perplexes Niku, who has lived in Italy for a short while but returned, disillusioned with life abroad.