An unknown and unhappy painter suddenly decides to quit his job and move to a small town in Normandie, hoping to be able to create a masterpiece. Local people will have an unexpected impact on his life.

After defecting from North Korea, Loh Kiwan struggles to obtain refugee status in Belgium, where he encounters a dejected woman who has lost all hope.

Nilo (Bahar Pars) is a feminist writer, living an orderly life with her husband and 13-year-old daughter Laura (Nadja Rosenberg). When her irresponsible sister Maya (Zhala), whose projects constantly tend to bomb, both "kidnaps" Nilo's Volvo and daughter and heads south, Nilo tags along. The goal of the trip is Portugal, where the sisters' complicated mother (Susan Taslimi) recently diagnosed with cancer lives, together with Maya's son, who it has finally become time to take responsibility for.