Tone, an older man, drives from Germany to visit his son Grega and his daughter-in-law Masha. Though nobody talks about it, something horrible has happened. In attempt to ease their pain for a moment, Tone takes the young couple out for an ice-cream and so begins their drive around the countryside....
A day in the life of Rudolf Nietsche, a man who has never even been able to secure a seat on the train, let alone his place in life; a man lacking that Z in his surname, a small yet crucial letter.