Flying has captivated Lajko since childhood, a fascination which comes to a head when he attempts to blast an outhouse into space – with his poor mother sitting inside. Despite this and other adversities, Lajko manages to get himself selected as a candidate to be the first Hungarian astronaut. But at the cosmodrome in the middle of the Kazakh steppe, he is only one among many aspiring astronauts from various other countries, each with their own reasons for bidding adieu to their candidate for all eternity. This satirical comedy’s lift-off into orbit is propelled by that classic theme of Communist propaganda – space travel – as well as its historical protagonists, including not only Yuri Gagarin, but also Leonid Brezhnev, bushy eyebrows and all.