A couple past their prime have to adapt to the new capitalist times. They both work as caretakers of the capital's Carol Park and lead a relatively quiet life, divided between the bean soup the woman cooks and the lunches the man takes in the mausoleum where some of the most important figures in Romanian politics of the last century sleep their final resting place. Everything falls apart when Trident chewing gum appears in their lives, in the guise of young girls who are intensely promoting a competition organized by the distributing company.