Jacob Köller owns a humble sock factory and that seems to be all he has in his monotonous life. Marta is Jacob's right hand. Their relationship never goes beyond business matters, and it is marked by silence and routine.

This monotony is suddenly threatened by the announcement of an unexpected visit: Herman, Jacob's brother, will come from Brazil after more than ten years. Jacob then allows himself to ask Marta for help to cope with the situation.

Absurd farce

Hence, between absurdity and melancholy, as well as daily life and farce, the movie subtly portrays the clumsiness and little miseries of these characters, so different from one another, while they try to hide their resentment and friction.

A story told through minimum and trivial details. Three apparently harmless personalities. Three different sorts of loneliness.

What Pablo Stoll (on of the 2 directors) says

"At first it was the factory: the old machines, the fluorescent tubes, the piled-up stockings, the lives that emerged from those things. What goes on behind the metal shutters of those decaying factories? It is from all this that the characters arose.

Pure invention: two Jewish brothers and a woman. Plus, a sham, a ruse. Another invention within the invention. The original idea was quite simple, almost crazy, nothing outstanding. A small tale. A story where the characters bond with each other through a series of small lies.

We were interested in exploring the routines, the pro- tocols, the ready-made phrases, what they say and what they hide"