All the parents suddenly fall asleep, and children have to survive in the world. A thrilling adventure showing what can happen when chaos reigns and children are forced to face the pitfalls of the world on their own.
Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes the doctors, who treat him with disdain. When an old man begs him to end his pain and suffering by helping him to die, Hynek gives him a "liberating" injection. But now he has done it once, he finds he can't stop. He continues killing other patients, even though he knows he can't get away with it for long.
어머니의 장례식장에서 돌아오는 길에 후작의 초대를 받아 그의 성에 머물던 장 베를로트는 우연히 신성모독적인 의식과 난교 장면을 목격한다. 후작은 충격과 혐오감으로 성을 떠나려는 베를로트에게 그가 앓고 있는 공포를 치유하자고 권유하며 뮐로프 박사가 운영하는 정신병원으로 데려간다. 그 곳에서 그는 간호사 샤를로트를 만나고, 과거에 병원에서 일어났던 사건들을 알게 된다.
