Long-suffering Czech Pavel Zeman works six jobs, so his ungrateful wife Liba can buy designer shoes and clothes. Colin Frampton is an Englishman who never stops worrying, not even on holiday in Prague. When Colins wife is accidentally squashed by a statue, he decides that he cant face life without her. So Colin bribes Pavel to help him die. An unlikely friendship develops as Pavels plans for Colins death spin out of control, attracting the violent interest of local gangster Karel Karlovic.