The satire tells the story of Tom, a janitor who fears for his self-determination in the face of an elitist mob when he falls asleep at an art auction and wakes up as the artist's latest work.
When the cheerful, self-determined Christiane learns after a serious illness that her life is now dependent on a machine, she has to decide whether she wants to give up her beloved independence in order to survive.
Theo has long had two small bumps on his forehead, which he hides from the eyes of others. When he meets Silvan, he can't take his eyes off him and the two horns growing out of his forehead for all to see. Theo gets closer to Silvan and, to his horror, small horns now also emerge from his own forehead. To hide his change, he withdraws until he spends the night with Silvan. When Theo also reveals his horns, they disappear and with them his fear.
