In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

Shot in the impoverished northern province of Tuncamán in Argentina, this brief cine-tract shows the children and elderly people who are served by a community soup kitchen that exists independently of state support. The film's sequence of images, many shot in close-up, is accompanied by the Argentine national anthem on the soundtrack.

Alone on her asteroid, Franzy leads a happy life until she runs out of the delicious magic soup her parents bequeathed to her. She thus decides to make the soup herself but can't obtain the exact same flavour as she seems to keep leaving out an ingredient. To succeed in making the soup, she goes to the planet next door, where the inhabitants are rather sad and starving.