一家走下坡路的澳大利亞銀行遇到了一個神秘的HR導(dǎo)師麥克斯·門科奧弗和他的自稱會提高公司工作效率的改革策略——把雇員變成無自我意識的工作機器。這一切正如男主角所畫的未完待續(xù)的漫畫書的故事情節(jié)一樣。男主角僥幸沒有被下藥，他試圖和女主角一同打敗壞角色、拯救同事并收獲愛情。

　　環(huán)衛(wèi)公司垃圾車駕駛員尼卡德（Matti Pellonp?? 飾）的老同事計劃籌資組建自己的環(huán)衛(wèi)公司，邀請尼卡德技術(shù)入股，但老同事不久急病突發(fā)身亡，尼卡德的生活重回一潭死水狀態(tài)。尼卡德心有不甘借酒滋事，在被拘留的時候結(jié)識日后的同事米卡拉。米卡拉偶而會不識趣的妨礙尼卡德暗地追求超市售貨員伊羅娜（Kati Outinen 飾），但他仍是尼卡德最可依賴的朋友。伊羅娜為報復(fù)超市經(jīng)理偷走了錢盒，尼卡德幫助她找到服裝店的新工作，服裝店經(jīng)理夾到尼卡德與伊羅娜的關(guān)系中間，但尼卡德最終奪回了自己的愛人。　　本片獲1987年芬蘭電影尤西獎最佳影片獎。是導(dǎo)演郭立斯馬基（Aki Kaurism?ki）無產(chǎn)階級三部曲的第一部。

　　The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...

　　故事圍繞一名患有社交焦慮的十二歲少年展開。在男子水球夏令營的殘酷社交法則中掙扎求生時，他那青春期特有的不安，隨著夏日推移竟發(fā)酵成一場撕裂靈魂的心理酷刑。