Mircea, a 30-year-old man from a small Transylvanian town fails the judicial admission exam in Bucharest. He has no choice but to return home and live with his parents. He is forced to get a job in a waste collector company owned by a rich local politician. But things get complicated when Mircea starts working for the boss's wife.

在1989年罗马尼亚革命期间，锡比乌目睹了一场针对警察局的暴力袭击，这场袭击引发了士兵、警察、抗议者和秘密警察之间的武装冲突。