Throughout his life, Mr Makkonen been distracted by ... that's right, life itself, so distracted that he misses his own engagement party with several decades. Life distracts even a detailed guide, a notorious homebuyers and all the other heroes in this chaotic world.

Jukka, 13, is coached in photography by his openly gay art teacher. With his dead father's old camera, Jukka sees Johanna, a beautiful girl in her early twenties being physically abused by her stepfather. With the help of the local fire department, Jukka comes to her rescue. He quickly befriends the girl who works in a nearby supermarket, claims to become her manager and enters her in a beauty contest.