Nine-year-old Leni and childlike intellectual Marcel, who is 23, kick around Bucharest in a joyous adventure, unruffled by the dark sides of life.

Leni, a girl exhausted by her battle with cancer, is trying to hang on to life. Her mother, who works in a restaurant during the day and on the streets at night to provide for her, is also looking for her own path. One day, Leni's mother falls in love with the young playwright Marcel, who refuses to integrate into society and draws his biographical details from books. In a world where everything is preordained, these three characters will play an important role in each other's lives.