On the eve of a long-delayed opening, a fallen chef, his paranoid partner, and two gangsters collide in a kitchen where taste is gone and time has run out.

Hot summer day. Prague's outskirts. After being held back by chores, eleven-year-old Max joins his three friends. In their mischievous pastime outside, the boys let fate and thirst guide them throughout the afternoon while contemplating football, the essence of friendship, and the gravity of growing up.