In a not so fictional Italy trying to solve the N.Ε.Ε.Τ. problem, the government decides to reintroduce compulsory conscription for one million young people under 30 who are not studying, working or looking for work, who will have only one month to find real employment and thus avoid the entire year of conscription. Facing this doom four guys try to cheat the system by growing hemp and meanwhile really discovering themselves.

Katja is a young retiree. At 24, she is living in a circle of solitude, spending her days walking her dog and looking out of the window.

A jobless young man, with equally unsuccessful friends, runs for a local office.