 Irmeli works in a supermarket and, back home, meticulously sorts and recycles garbage to satisfy her workaholic husband, an environmental expert dreaming about a lucrative EU job in Brussels. At the same time, Irmeli dreams about owning a fancy car and living the kind of lifestyle that would go with it. To escape her boring husband, she starts seeing a successful architect after he hits her and her bike with his fancy Audi.