Still bitter from a recent divorce, martial arts instructor Clever discovers a car tricked out with flames in his neighborhood and sets out on a single-minded quest: to find the artist and treat his own vehicle. His journey leads to a secluded village, and to an enigmatic personality who isn’t quite what he expects. Delightfully odd and idiosyncratic, Clever is an absurd satire of the fragile façade of masculinity.

Dopo diciannove anni trascorsi senza vedersi, una ex coppia di militanti radicali di sinistra si incontra per ultimare le procedure per il divorzio. Tra i ricordi di un passato durante il quale hanno condiviso amore e fede politica, finiscono per confessarsi i propri segreti per scoprire, alla fine, quanto la situazione in cui si trova il loro paese e gli ideali in cui credono, abbiano ancora un peso nelle loro esistenze.

In the near future, medicine, computing and genetics have made it possible to end the human physical and psychological pain, filtering it through other human beings created expressly for this task, known as "gatekeepers". The plot follows the story of two researchers who belong to the Police Special Branch dedicated to pursue the emerging crimes related to the implementation of this new technology.