A street sweeper who is always freezing drives to a remote petrol station every evening and orders a microwave-warmed Hawaiian toast. He indulges in this in a secretly bizarre ritual; it is the only thing that keeps him warm every day. One night, however, he is observed by a broadly grinning construction worker. Detlev flees in shame, his world begins to fall apart and his desperate search for substitute warmth drags him deeper and deeper into his inner abysses